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Guidance and Counseling

Notes 7.2.2 Functions or Responsibilities or Roles of a Class Teacher in School
Guidance Programme
The responsibilities of class-teacher regarding guidance programmes that if the accepts these
responsibilities, it is not possible to differentiate between his teaching work and guidance
responsibilities.
The closeness of class-teacher and guidance programme leads to the success of guidance
programme.
(a) Developing the Personality of the Students : The teachers remain in personal contact with
all he pupils. They know them personally. The teacher can take advantage of his closeness
by collecting all types of information regarding pupils. They can collect informations very
convenieny concerning the family background of the pupils, behaviours towards their
classmates. On the basis of these informations, the teacher does not allow to create such an
environment in which the pupils feel themselves mal-adjused or unadjusted. Hence, the
teacher remains in-touch with the problems of the pupils. If these problems are not
eliminated, inferiority complexes are created in the pupils which further develop unhealthy
attitudes. These unhealthy attitudes adversly affect their studies and behaviours. For teacher,
it is wrong to consider all the pupils alike. It is also wrong to expect similar success from all
the pupils. It can prove harmful to the pupils. Such considerations may enhance the
possibilities of mal-adjustment. The result of all these problems may affect the personality
for the pupil adversely.
(b) Providing Occupational Informations : When a teacher accepts his responsibility in the
guidance service, his duties are not restricted to teaching only. The sphere of his observation
widens appreciably. He keeps an eye on the pupils in which programmes he is participating.
What types of his interests are ? What occupational ability he has ? The teacher should
inform the pupils regarding the desired efficiency in various occuations, educational
qualification and predicting about future successes. The teacher should inform the pupils
regarding the desired efficiency in various occuations, educational qualifications and
predicting about future sucesses. The teacher should manage vocational excursions for the
pupils.
(c) Understanding the Students : In the guidance programme, the pupil or the person is
considered a social point. The problem is secondary. Hence, it is essential to understand
him, the teacher should be aware of Guidance Philsophy. To achieve this objective, a teacher
should follow the following points :
(i) The teacher should accept the pupils emotions. He should never think that providing
guidance to all the pupils would be useless. The teacher should not be pessimistic regarding
the pupil.
(ii) The teacher should understand the variations in the pupils and should be familiar with
their abilities. Some variations exist in them. Hence, each pupil should be considered
independent entity.
(iii) It is essential to have psychological background for the teacher in order to understand the
abilities and characteristics of the pupils. The psychological study of the pupils is very
essential.
(iv) The teacher should behave with the pupils taking into consideration that their each
behaviour has one or the other reason. As a result of this reason that pupil behaves.
(d) Counselling : In addition to all these functions, the teacher can provide counseling too.
(i) The teacher should contact those pupils personally who are facing problems in selecting
the vocation after leaving the school or in selecting the subjects.

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