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September 5, 2025

News from the world of education - September 5, 2025

The IC3 Student Suicide Report 2025, launched at the Annual IC3 Conference and Expo showed that while students are dealing with car...
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August 31, 2025

1 in 5 Students Struggle with Motivation, 40% Lack Mental Health Support: Survey

A study of 8,500 students across classes 8–12 highlights rising stress, poor sleep, lack of career guidance, and widening mental health concerns among India’s youth.
August 28, 2025

Sleepless & stressed: How serious is India's teen mental health crisis?

The 2025 Student Well-being Pulse Report by IC3 Institute and Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has revealed a disturbing picture of teenage life in India.
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August 22, 2025

1 in 5 students rarely feel calm, motivated or excited about life, 40% do not know where to seek help in school for mental well-being: Report

Three out of four Grade XII students are sleep-deprived due to academic pressure and overthinking, reveals IC3 Student Suicide Report 2025

Blogs

The Untapped Power of Governments in Mainstreaming School Counseling

Have you ever noticed how when schools, communities, NGOs, and government institutions team up, public school counseling begins to shift from aspiration into action? For the IC3 Movement, highlighting these collaborations shows how education policy, public school counseling, and government and education reform can work together with inspiring results.

Counseling as Culture Takes Center Stage at the 2025 IC3 Annual Conference and Expo

The 2025 Annual IC3 Conference and Expo in Mumbai was far more than a gathering of educators. It was a vivid demonstration of what a global, volunteer-driven community can achieve when united by a singular purpose: to make career and college counseling an integral part of every student’s education.

Thank You for Making the 2025 IC3 Regional Forums a Global Force for Change

It is a beautiful thing when educators, institutions, and communities pause to ask: Are we doing enough to guide our students toward purposeful lives? That question is at the heart of the IC3 Movement. And this year, through the 2025 IC3 Regional Forums, it was answered with resounding clarity in classrooms and campuses across 14 countries. With immense gratitude, we reflect on this incredible journey that brought together over 2,600 participants across 32 cities across the world. More than 642,000 students were directly impacted through forums held at host schools that generously opened their doors, minds, and hearts to the mission of IC3: counseling in every school, purpose to every child.

The City of Dreams, the Conference of Purpose

After six years, the IC3 Movement is coming home, and there is no place better for it than Mumbai. On 20 & 21 August 2025, the global education and counseling community will gather at the Jio World Convention Centre (JWCC) for the 2025 Annual IC3 Conference & Expo, in a city that perfectly reflects our vision: dynamic, diverse, and forward-looking.