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Guidance and Counseling Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 4: Guidance Services: Concept and Importance

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
4.1 Concept of Guidance Services
4.2 Types of Guidance Services
4.3 Importance of Guidance Services
4.4 Agencies of Guidance at Different Levels
4.5 Summary
4.6 Keywords
4.7 Review Questions

4.8 Further Readings

Objectives

After reading this unit students will be able to:
• Discuss concept of guidance services
• Explain the types of guidance services
• Describe the importance of guidance services
• Explain the agencies of guidance at different levels
Introduction

Students of the present day are faced with a number of problems during the various styles of school
life. These problems may be related to personal, behavioural, educational or vocational or personality
factors. Enabling students to overcome these problems and become self-reliant in future is one of the
major aims of the guidance programme. However, one is also aware that the implementation of
guidance programme in the prevailing schools is hardly noticeable. This situation still persists,
inspite of various recommendations been made by the government since the last few decades. One
of the likely causes for the non-implementation of this programme is largely due to the lack of
adequate knowledge among the required or concerned staff regarding the planning and organisation
of the guidance programme in schools.
The present unit deals with the various services involved in a guidance programme and the functions
performed by each of these services. Subsequently a brief is made on the planning and organisation
of guidance programme in the schools. This is finally followed by a description of various steps
involved to evaluate the guidance programme.

4.1 Concept of Guidance Services

A school guidance service constitutes a cluster of activities which enable the students to overcome
their educational, vocational, personal or social problems that they face during the different phases
of development. It forms as an integral part of school education and is non-instructional in nature.
A guidance programme constitutes of various services. Guidance service as defined by Smith (1957)
is as follows :

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