# How can mental health providers partner with schools and universities?

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For: Executives | Mental health practice | Reviewed by Independent clinical reviewer, Registered mental health clinician, Kenya | Last reviewed 8 November 2026

**Answer:** Kenya's Mental Health Action Plan calls for counselling services and mental health literacy in schools and colleges, and the amended Mental Health Act requires the national government to ensure students can access mental health information. A good partnership agreement sets out referral routes, safeguarding, consent for minors, crisis procedures, who owns the records and what aggregated data the institution receives. The ODPC's education sector guidance covers how to handle children's health data.

Sources: Ministry of Health: https://www.mntrh.go.ke/sites/default/files/2024-10/kenya_mental_health_action_plan__2021-2025_.pdf - Kenya Law: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/act/1989/10/eng@2023-12-11 - Office of the Data Protection Commissioner: https://www.odpc.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ODPC-Guidance-Note-for-the-Education-Sector.pdf

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