10 January 2022
Temasek Polytechnic in 2019 started to offer its undergraduates casual and confidential meetings with counsellors, in an effort to help the students deal with problems and take care of their own mental and emotional well-being.
Temasek Polytechnic can book 20-minute sessions to chat with counsellors in rooms on campus without providing much personal information.
The service, known as e-chat, is one of the suite of initiatives the polytechnic has to support its students’ well-being. Others include peer support, creating more avenues for students to reach out, and developing support guides in pastoral care and student crisis for its educators.
For its work, TP received the Silver Ribbon Mental Health Award for Schools in December 2021.