CBSE Opens Helplines at 39 Centres

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)opens its helplines at 39 centres across Delhi, Noida, Chandigarh, Meerut, Jaipur, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Bhubneshwar, Vishakhapatnam, Jamnagar, Jabalpur, Coimbatore for students from February 1 to April 2, 2009.

This year the facility has also been extended to Bhopal, Nagpur, Bangalore, Guwahati, Baroda, Kollam, Kuwait, Dubai, Doha and Sharjah.

The tele-counselling helplines has been provided by the CBSE for the last 12 years.

A group of 43 principals, trained counselors from CBSE schools, psychologists and social scientists will be available on for tele-counselling on these helplines in the country and abroad to help the Board aspirants fight the exam stress.

Counselling for differently-abled children through special educators in Delhi and Mumbai will also be provided by the CBSE. The helpline numbers can be accessed from www.cbse.nic.in

Tele-counselling for Board aspirants will also be available on Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) for students in Delhi and Mumbai. Students can dial 1250111102 on MTNL network and 1250102 for BSNL.