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Guidance and Counseling

Notes employment needs of the students are met either through special placement personnel or by
integration services of the other guidance personnel. This service is more significant for the students
at the secondary and higher secondary level. The placement service here is concerned for those :

Techniques and Procedures of Guidance
(i) Who withdraw from the formal education before they complete school (drop-outs).
(ii) Who prefer part time work while going to school or may be during the vacation or after school
hours or during weekends.
(iii) Who terminate formal education after higher secondary level.

The basic aim of placement is to facilitate the process of meeting the needs of both employer and the
prospective employee. The student must be placed only until the correct and appropriate information
regarding him/her has been obtained from the counselor or the incharge guidance personnel. The
information that is generally made available is his/her personal bio-data, achievement grades,
attendance, test-scores, health-data and other required data. The teacher may also assist by providing
details concerning the student’s interest, and other skills such as participation and communication.

Apart from placement, this service also orients the students to some of the job applying techniques.
The guidance worker could familiarize them with the methods of applying for a job, guidelines for
applying, identify the various sources of information and how to prepare for the interview. These
skills can be developed either through group or individual counseling.
A school that provides placement services, hence should be capable to draw upon all the possible
resources in order to assist its students in finding suitable and appropriate jobs. The extent to which
the placement service fulfils this purpose is a measure of its effectiveness. This could largely be met
by a systematic and proper functioning of the guidance committee. For details of guidance committee
refer. The school committee could also publicize about the placement programme both to the students
and community. Within the schools, the information could be published in school magazine, notified
in the libraries or announced in student assemblies.

Placement Services is an activity which requires the co-operation of the principal, counselor,
teacher, career master, state employment agencies, private agencies and also the
community.

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