School Mental Health Promotion Programme (SMHPP)
Enhancing mental wellbeing of students, parents and teachers in 90 primary and secondary schools under PCMC and PMC
Overview
SMHPP is based on the WHO’s framework of health-promoting schools. It is a whole-school initiative that promotes mental health and wellbeing, reproductive and sexual health, gender equity, and violence prevention in government and low-cost private schools across Pune. Guided by the WHO Health Promoting Schools framework, the programme strengthens school climate through school-wide, group and individual interventions delivered by trained lay school health counsellors in partnership with students, teachers, parents and communities.
Partners
Education dept of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Maharashtra, India
Education dept of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Maharashtra India
Participating schools
