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In a broad sense, mental-health education evaluation is the use of scientific methods and means to collect objective information about the work of mental-health education in schools, to measure the achievement of its goals, and to make a realistic evaluation of its effectiveness. At present, the level of mental-health services of students varies among colleges and universities, partially due to the unsoundness of the mental-health education services evaluation system (Zainuddin et al., 2020). Colleges and universities that prioritize mental health education, with assured annual funding that increases steadily, and dedicated facilities such as full-time counseling rooms or psychological interview rooms (Chen et al., 2021). The stable faculty, consisting of both full-time and part-time positions, ensures the provision of elective courses and lectures in schools, individual counseling, and group training, which greatly promote the popularization of mental-health knowledge and scientific judgment and guidance for college students' psychological problems, thus promoting the improvement of students' mental health. The opposite is true for schools where mental-health education is not a priority, and all aspects need further improvement (Lamppu et al., 2021).
The establishment of a mental-health education evaluation index system is necessary for the in-depth development of mental-health education in colleges and universities and can raise people's awareness of the necessity of mental-health education (Wright et al., 2021). Creating a practical assessment index system for objective and reliable evaluation of moral education in colleges and universities can help bridge the gap in moral education and expedite its comprehensive and rapid development by standardizing and enhancing the assessment process. Meanwhile, in the current higher education environment, students' mental-health problems are becoming more and more prominent, affecting students' physical and mental health and academic performance. Therefore, the establishment of a higher education mental-health system is of great significance in safeguarding students' physical and mental health, improving their self-knowledge and self-management ability, easing psychological distress, promoting educational and teaching reform and innovation, and improving the social image and influence of universities.
The establishment of a scientific assessment index system has an important impact on the development of mental-health education activities in higher education. First, assessment indicators can measure and evaluate the effect and quality of educational activities in a more scientific way and play a key role in promoting the standardization and normalization of mental-health education activities. Second, assessment indicators can clarify the objectives and requirements of higher education mental-health education activities, providing guidance and help for their planning, implementation, and evaluation. In addition, the assessment indicators can also promote the rational allocation and utilization of mental-health education resources in higher education, promote the tilting of educational resources to the field of mental health, and enhance students' psychological quality and self-protection ability.