AICTE launches Happiness Index
Sonal.Srivastava@timesgroup.com
The need to introduce students to tools that can help them maintain emotional hygiene, and the happiness to enhance positive frame of mind was felt for long. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has launched the Happiness Index (HI) for its affiliated institutes, the rankings of which will be announced on International Day of Happiness, March 20, 2022.
AICTE is collaborating with 5ire to create one of the biggest happiness blockchains, YourOneLife (YOL) app on 5irechain. The app aims to not only find an individual’s happiness quotient but also the average value of the institution that the individual attends. Although participation in the happiness index or downloading the app is not mandatory, the need for it was always felt because of increasing anxiety among students, especially when they get into higher education, says Anil Sahasrabudhe, chairman, AICTE. “Sometimes, they find that they are not a right fit for an Engineering course or an MBA course but they still join because of parental or peer pressure. Therefore, there are always issues that require counselling; the requirement for counselling has been there not just in ordinary colleges but even in the IITs,” says Sahasrabudhe, pointing out that the mindset is leading to increasing students' suicides in HEIs.
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