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Unit 3: Need for Guidance with Reference to India

job-seeking youth to form realistic career notions, in conformity with their capacities, aptitudes Notes
and social settings, so that in their adult life, they do not end up as career ‘failures’. Wrong
career decisions make a big drain on the emotional health of the individuals and the productivity
of the society. Guidance is needed to help the youth to build up a desirable self-concept to
achieve an every larger measure of self-appraisal and choose a proper creer line. Thus, the
provision of guidance and counseling service is India’s immediate requirement.
(16) Quantitative Improvement of Eduation : In India there has been a rapid expansion of
educational facilities to cater to the needs of increasing number of childern. This has resulted
in the fall of educational standards. Consequently, there is a strong current of thining among
educationists as well as general public that educational planning should emphasize schemes
for the qualitative improvement of education. The introduction of guidance services in the
country is an important means for affecting improvement in the quality of education.
(17) National Development : By helping and identifying and developing human potential which
is the richest source of a nation, guidance can help to reduce the wastage of educational facilities
and abilities so prevalent in India. Guidance may also help to correct the existing imbalances
in the employment situation by challenging young people into occupations where there are
manpower shortage. It was help in the reducing labour turn-over and its costs. It may increase
efficiency and leves of production by enabling a person to be trained properly and placing
them accordingly. At a time when India have embarked upon various programmes of economic
development, it is urgent and essential to establish a close link between education and the
manpower needs of the country. This may be done through guidance.
(18) Fulfilment of the extra-instructional needs of pupils : “Classroom instruction by itself has
not the full resources which are essential as well as necesary in an impoverished home for
helping the pupils to acquire and preserve the background requirements for successful scholastic
or polytechnical career. Proper attitudes to persons, things and ideas of certain value and
systematized working and living habits are essential to any career. The need to supplement,
correct and complement the areas of education is obvious.” This statement points to need of
guidance.
Thus, there is need for guidance from the point of view of the society as well as of the individual.
Society can make progress if its individuals find places in the occupational, civic and social order
where they can contribute their best for the welfare of others.

Most of the students secure third division in the examinations due to the fact that
they have not developed the proper study habits and learning styles. The reason for
the poor achievement in the schools is because students do not make use of
educational facilities available in the school. Therefore, there is a great need to
develop study habits among the students. Proper guidance services can help in this
direction.

Self Assessment
1. State whether the following statements are ‘true’ or false’
(i) Natural resources are not being properly utilized because of lack of guidance services in
India.
(ii) Educationl Commission has emphasized the need of introduction of crafts in addition to the
diversification of the courses at secondary stage.

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