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Guidance and Counseling

Notes (3) Is the building and the space are enough for conducting the various activities of guidance?
(4) Are the teachers and other employees available in the school capable of devoting expected
time and energy in the guidance programme?
(5) Do the employees exhibit interest in the programme? If yes, to what extent?
(6) Which teachers are available to provide various proposed services?
(7) Do the parents, too show interest in the guidance related planned programme and will
they cooperate in this programme?
(8) What is the viewpoint of schools and the society regarding the expansion of guidance
services?
(9) In which experience areas the pupils are required to serve?
(10) Would the provision of finance in the school budget be possible?
(11) To what extent other community agencies can be associated with the guidance programme?
(12) How the pupils can be motivated to understand for themselves the value of the guidance
programme?

In 1952, Secondary Education Commission also emphasised on education and vocational
guidance. This commission suggested to open central and state level guidance bureauz
which would co-ordinate the guidance activities throughout the country.

7.2 Forms of Organization of Guidance Services

The following can be the forms of organization of guidance services :
1. The Centralised Form : The guidance work should be performed by the experts because the
teachers are not trained in this guidance job.
The teachers cannot provide properly any assistance to the pupils who need the same to
solve their problems. The central form of the guidance programme means conducting and
controlling most of the guidance activities from the central guidance office. All the teachers
also perform their duties according to the supervision of central Guidance Bureau and its
orders.

2. Decentralized Form : The decentralized form of the guidance means providing guidance as
a responsibility of the teachers. The teacher remains in close contact with the pupils of his
class. He understands the needs and problems properly of his pupils. Due to this reason the
teacher can help the pupils in a better way. Some people also believe that if a separate
department is opened for guidance in the school, the teacher will not show any interest in
guidance work and he will not consider guidance as his responsibility. Hence, it would be
better if the responsibility of guidance work in schools lies with the teachers.
3. Mixed Form : The centralised and decentralined form of the guidance have their own merits
and demerits. No form of guidance is practically possible independently. Hence, some
expoerts express their views that the form of guidance programme should be mixed one.
The mixed form means-guidance provided by the teachers and experts collectively. Crow
and Crow also said, supporting the mixed form, that the school guidance programme includes
the coordinated services of administrators, teachers, exployees and social institutions etc.
There are certain jobs in guidance programme which the teachers can do better, such as,
collection of informations related to the pupils.

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