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Guidance and Counseling

Notes 7.2.4 Functions or Responsibilities or Roles of a Class Teacher in School
Guidance Programme
A counselor is an expert from the field of education. It is more expected from the counselor to
run the guidance activities smoothly as compared to the other staff members. In Indian conditions,
the counselor can be full-time counselor, teacher-counselor vision school counselor.
The closeness of class-teacher and guidance programme leads to the success of guidance
programme.
(i) Orientation of Pupils : New pupils are subjected to the orientation of the programme so
that they may be adjusted to the new environment and they may feel free in order to learn
the subject contents. The counselor can do this individually or collectively. For this, he can
organize assemblies and discussions.
(ii) Pupil Appraisal : A guidance programme needs information resources and equipment for
the counselor so that the guidance-needs of the pupils can be identified. Also the pupils are
helped in understanding them and helping them, to adopt any working pattern. A counselor
manages pschological tests, collects educational and other records and maintains them
systematically. In a counseling interview the counselor makes available all these informations
to the pupils and these are explained to them. These informations are also explained to the
parents and teachers of the pupils as and when desired.
(iii) Educational and Vocational Information Service : The counselor is responsible for the
coordination of all types of informations. He helps the pupils and parents in exploring the
possibilities and opportunities. Also, he helps them in using these informations. The counselor
can also help in setting up a ‘career corner’ in the school. He can also help the career master.
He can follow various methods for collecting vocational informations. He classified them and
keeps them-up-to date. A counselor possesses latest informations regarding employment. He
keeps himself in touch personally with the various officers and employers. The counselor has
the responsibility of disseminating information too. This he does through educational tours,
guest lectures career conferences and Careers Study Projects etc.
(iv) Holding Counselling Interview : A counselor is responsible for providing counseling in
accordance with the indiviual needs of the pupils. Through counseling interview, he helps
the pupils by associating their experiences with their actual behaviours after evaluating
these experiences. His major job is to provide educational and vocational guidance. The
counselor helps the pupils in developing problem-solving skills, independent thinking,
planning ability to make decisions. For this, he can make their small groups too.
(v) Placement : The counselor also enjoys the responsibility of functioning as a link between
the outer institutes and the pupils who leave the schools so that the pupils may get various
types of informations.
(vi) Research and Evaluation : The counselor can conduct a research and prepare a plan to know
whether the guidance programme in school has actually achieved desired objectives and
whether the pupils’ needs have been fulfiled ? In this way, the counselor performs many
research and evaluation programme.

A counselor collects meaningful information about the pupils through interviews with
him, through the interviews with parents and through the interviews with the teachers
of the pupils and also from other persons of the school.

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