BUMN Foundation Strengthens Guidance and Counseling Teachers and Develops Mental Health Screening Platform for High School Students in Jakarta
Yayasan BUMN
Jakarta, January 14, 2025 – BUMN Foundation held a Teenage Mental Health and Screening Platform training for 101 Guidance and Counseling (BK) teachers from 101 schools in Jakarta. Held at the Central Jakarta Library and Archives Building, this activity was in collaboration with the Jakarta BK Teachers' Conference (MGBK). This training not only strengthened the capacity of BK teachers in assisting high school students in facing mental health challenges, but also became the initial step of the ZonaDengar Jiwa program which will reach and conduct mental health screening for 30,000 students in Jakarta.
The event was attended by the Head of the High School Division of the Jakarta Education Office, Mr. Ali Mukodas, and the Chairperson of the Jakarta BK Teachers' Conference (MGBK), Mrs. Mutmainah, who expressed their appreciation for the BUMN Foundation's efforts in supporting the development of BK teacher skills. The training participants were taught skills in early detection of mental health problems and how to provide effective psychosocial support for students.
The role of BK teachers in improving the quality of mental health in students in Jakarta is very important, because BK teachers have great potential to be friends to talk to students, especially in facing the pressures and challenges of adolescence. This program aims to make BK teachers more skilled in providing ideal assistance, especially for high school students. It is hoped that this training can have a wider impact, not only at the Jakarta provincial level, but also at the national level.
The Chairperson of MGBK, Mrs. Mutmainah, who is currently teaching at SMAN 41 Jakarta, emphasized the importance of this training for BK teachers. “This training is very much needed by BK teachers, because although students’ mental health is the responsibility of all teachers, in reality, BK teachers are the ones who most often receive complaints from students. In this training, we received provisions on various techniques, including how to listen well. Hopefully, this program can continue and provide broad benefits for students, BK teachers, and also parents.”
This activity is part of the BUMN Foundation's commitment to supporting the development of mental health welfare of students in Indonesia. Through this training, it is hoped that BK teachers can make a greater contribution in creating a safe and comfortable school environment for the development of students' mental and emotional status while preparing them to face all kinds of future challenges.
"This training is part of a series of implementations of the ZonaDengar Jiwa program in Schools that we are currently running. ZonaDengar Jiwa develops a strategic approach by creating a mental health-friendly school environment, supporting student well-being holistically, and empowering schools to be able to identify and handle potential mental health problems," said Heru Komarudin, Program Manager of Health and Wellbeing Yayasan BUMN
In addition, in this implementation, the BUMN Foundation also collaborated with Santhosa, an institution that focuses on mental health education for teenagers and in this Soul Listening Zone Program, Santhosa specifically developed services. platform mental health screening that can later be used by BK teachers to monitor the mental health status of their students.
The BUMN Foundation also certainly opens the door to collaboration with various parties who share the same vision in creating a mentally healthy young generation to welcome the golden Indonesia 2045.