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Unit 5: Services: Placement Service, Follow-up Service

Notes

One of the most common method adopted for follow-up is the questionnaire which
is periodically sent to the students after they leave their school.

5.5 Purpose of Follow-up Service

It is the review or systematic evaluation carried out to find out whether guidance service in particular
and educational programme in general satisfy the needs of the students. It has to be observed to
what extent have the students been able to achieve according to their abilities and aptitudes, to what
extent curricular and co-curricular choices have been wise, and how are the students adjusting with
the part-time or whole-time jobs. In order to determine the nature and extent of their need for
assistance the students need to be followed.
Techniques of Follow-up : The follow up techniques include— interview, post-card survey, or
questionnaire. Each techniques has certain advantages and limitations. For example, while the
post-card survey is inexpensive and easy to conduct, its results are extermely limited. The
questionnaire accomplishes some of the objectives of the other techniques and also overcomes their
limitations in part.

What are advantage and disadvantage of post cord survey?

5.6 Nature of Follow-up Service
The follow-up service can be maintained by follow-up interviews with the student and those involved
in his new setting e.g., his employers, follow-up questionnaires to the student asking his degree of
satisfaction in his new setting and follow-up guidance bulletins giving his relevant information
helpful in achieving self-actualisation in his new environment.
Important of Follow-up : Information obtained through follow-up techniques can be used for
improving the curriculum, stimulating better teaching, increasing the value of guidance services
and establishing better college/university and community relationships.
All the members of the staff should join hands for the success of this service. There should also be
some means of bringing about coordination in follow-up activities.

Self Assessment
2. State whether the following statements are ‘true’ or ‘false’.
(i) The follow up service draws upon information from the former students regarding the extent
of influence or effectiveness of the school guidance programme.
(ii) The follow up services is not a systematic evaluation carried out to find out whether guidance
service in particular and educational programme.
(iii) The follow up services can be maintained by follow up interviews with the students and
those involved in his new settings.

What are advantage and disadvantage of post card survey

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