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Unit 6: Educational and Vocational Guidance

Whenever any pupil enters as new school he has to face adjustment problem first of all. For Notes
example, if a pupil moves from Hindi medium school to English medium school, then it
becomes difficult for him to adjust in that environment because of much difference in
language as well as teaching methods.
(4) Information about Future Education : The entering behaviours of pupils must be studied in
order to enter any level of education. If these behaviours are identified properly, only then
the pupils can be guided properly for their future education. The parents and the pupils
with that they should be guided properly in order to enter from one level to the other level
of education so that the pupils may prepare themselves for selecting their higher education
and entering those courses. Such a situation comes usually after high school or (+2) stage.
Guidance given at this stage changes the entire life of a pupil.
(5) Providing the Awareness of Various Opportunities : In our country, many five year plans
were prepared after independence. For various trainings and many courses were increased
appreciably in these plans. In order to provide the knowledge of such opportunities, the
existence of education guidance services is very essential. The pupils are gaining one type
of education. They don’t know the scope of that education. This has created the problem of
unemployment in the country and now this problem has become so much uncontrolled that
the other plans of the country have become imbalanced. Every vocation is related to some
specific curriculum and subjects. Knowledge of such vocations and subjects must be provided
to the pupils.

(6) Making Busy in Learning Activities : If the pupil is not kept busy in the learning process,
the sequence of the learning process will break up. That pupil will lag behind the other
pupils. In order to keep the pupil busy, the motivation of the pupil plays a very important
role. By motivating the pupils for learning their achievement level also increases.
(7) Change in School Administration and Teaching Methods : On one side, knowledge expanded
in the field of education, while on the other side important changes have taken place in
school organisation, administration and teaching methods. In educational administration,
narrow mindedness has been replaced by broad mindedness these days. Formerly, education
was merely a process of intellectual development but these days, knowledge is being
considered as a means of solving individual and social problems.
(8) Identify Reasons for Increasing Percentage of Delinquents : When a person deviates from
the social norms, he is termed as a delinquent.
In view of above discussion, educational guidance is required for the following reasons :

(1) Due to individual differenes.
(2) Selecting study courses or subjects.
(3) Adjustment of students in the school.
(4) To Solve the problem of wastage and stagnation in education.
(5) Providing awareness for future job opportunities.
(6) Awareness about the vocations.
(7) Organizing co-curricular activities.
(8) Helping slow learners and under achievers.
(9) Causes for unsuccessful students.
(10) Solving the problem of indiscipline.
(11) Providing remedial instruction for teaching-learning

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