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Guidance and Counseling

Notes 2. The counselors should be qualified for their positions. They should be personally inclined and
professionally prepared to be counselors. A master’s degree in counseling is an essential
qualification.
3. Necessary physical facilities should be available.
4. Adequate financial support should be provided.
5. The personnel should be self-evaluative and research oriented.
6. Counseling services should be available throughout the academic year and throughout the
pupils’ academic lives.
7. Counseling services should provide for the appraisal of students and help them to adjust, plan
and develop.
8. Updated informational materials should be available and accessible.

9. Necessary records should be maintained which could be used to help pupils’ self-understanding
and development.
Counseling services are based on client needs, for example, in an educational setting the student
needs to understand himself, know his personal characteristics, understand environmental conditions,
orient himself to present and future situations, develop personal potentialities, etc. School/college
counseling centres should provide appraisal, planning, information and counseling services. The
efficiency of the services depends on the balance among corrective, preventive and developmental
functions.

How does job counseling helps college students?

Self Assessment

3. Multiple Choice Questions: Choose the correct option
(i) The curricular activities provide exploratory avenues through which pupils develop their
interests and abilities
(a) pupils (b) teachers (c) parents (d) workers
(ii) The ............. curriculum is a systematic organization of courses of study and activities designed
to further students knowledge and competencies.
(a) school (b) playway (c) college (d) university
(iii) One of the important criteria of a good system is a desirable ............. ratio.
(a) parent-teacher (b) counselor-student
(c) teacher-student (d) parent-student

20.11 Summary

• A total Counseling progress at the collegiate level would comprise an extension of the various
services provided to the students at the earlier stages of their lives. The collegiate student is for
all practical purposes an adult with no adult responsibilities.
The objectives of higher education include the development of—
(i) a sound philosophy of life.
(ii) an ability to enjoy life in many areas.

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