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Guidance and Counseling

Notes • Information may be collected through a variety of methods’ one of the most popular methods
is survey. It has three forms
(i) Want Ads Survey
(ii) Alumni follow up survey
(iii) Community Survey
• A want and survey is one of the cheapest and the easiest methods of collecting information. It
is a good method as it provides current information about many kinds of jobs.
(i) In an alumi follow up survey the students of a college or university are contacted personally
or by mail and are requested to provide information in the form of answers to specific
questions asked.
(ii) In a community survey, the employing agencies and the educational, training and professional
institution existing in the community served by the institutions are contacted personally or
through mail.
• Guidance is both generalised and a specialised service. In such a programme, the total needs
of the students need to be met by the total staff. One can not assign the teaching learning
relationship to the teacher, the guidance officer and the smooth functioning relationship to the
administrator.
• There is no doubt about the fact that the administrator occupies a key position in the guidance
programme - whether it be the university or a college. The personal guidance can succeed only
if it has the support and backing of the administrator.
• The administrator needs to play special attention to the following :
(i) Provide suitable accomodation and facilities for the personal guidance service.
(ii) Arrange time schedule in such a manner that all students could benefit.
(iii) If there is a part time guidance officer, allow a relief of at least six periods in his teaching
load so that at least the admission, orientation, student information and occupational
information services are possible.
• The Education commission (1964-66) also recommended the appointment of a Dean of student
welfare for the administration of complex and many sided student welfare services. Since
personal guidance is one of the important student welfare services. The Dean has to ensure its
effectiveness. He can contribute his share to this programme in a number of ways.
• The guidance officer is the narve centre of the guidance programme - be it a university or a
college. He should be a guided minded person with at least a year’s full time Course in Guidance
and Counseling from a University. He should have a well - balanced lavable personality, a
broad outlook, an understanding attitude a genuine interest in helping students.
• The personal guidance officer have functions: (i) Arrange orientation programmes for the
teachers to enlist their cooperation; (ii) Arrange orientation programme for freshers and also
for those passing through the transition period; (iii) Organise the guidance committee. (vi)
Display the information collected in an attractive way; (vi) Disseminate the information through
educational and career talks, group discussions etc.

10.7 Keywords

Administrator : A person whose job is to manage and organize the institution or a company.
Dean : A person in a university who is in charge of a department of studies .
Occupational : Connected with a person’s job or profession .

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