GUIDANCE AND

COUNCELLING SERVICES
FOR CHILDREN IN INDIA
DEFINITION
GUIDANCE
“That aspect of educational programme which is concerned
especially with helping the pupil to become adjust to his
present situation and to plan his future in line with his
interest , abilities and social needs”.
- Hamrin and Erickson

COUNSELLING
“An interaction process that facilities meaningful
understanding of self and environment and result in the
establishment and or clarification of goals and values for
future behaviour”
- Stone and Shertzer.
CHARACTERESTICS OF GUIDANCE
 It is a process
 It is a continous process
 Choice and problem points are the distintive concerns of guidance
 It is the assistance to the individual in the process of development rather
than a direction of that development
 Guidance is a service meant for all
 Guidance is both generalized and a specialized service
 Guidance is an organised service and not an incidental activity of the school
 Guidance is not a branch of any discipline
 Guidance has limits
 Guidance is more an art than science
 Guidance has its roots in the education system
CHARACTERESTICS OF COUNSELLING
 Counselling involves two individuals – one seeking help and the other a
professionally trained period who can help the first. The one who seeks
helps is known as counsellor and the one who provide the help is
counsellor
 There should be a relationship of mutual respect between the two
individuals . The counsellor should be friendly and co- operative and
the counsellor should have trust and confidence in the counsellor
 Counselling is aimed at brining about direct changes in the individual
for self- realisation and providing assistance to solve problems through
an intimate personal relationship
 The counseller discovers the problems of the counseller and helps him
to setup realistic goals and guide him through difficulties and problems
CONT..
 If the counsellor is a student , counselling helps him to take a decision ,
make a choice or find a direction in matter related to an educational
programme or career
 It helps the counsellor acquire independence and develop a sence of
responsibility . It also helps him explore and fully utilize his potentials
and actualise himself.
 It is more than advice giving. Solution emerges through the thinking
that a person does for himself rather than through solutions suggested
by the counseller
 It involves something more than offering an assistance to find a solution
to an immediate problem. Its function is to produce changes in the
individual there by enabling him to deal with the difficulties in a more
productive and independent manner
CONT..
 Counsellor is democratic . Counselling takes place in a
non- threatening and democratic atmosphere , which
allows the counseller to think independently with the
counseller and not under the counseller
 Counselling concerns itself with attitudes as well as
actions
 Counselling is a body of techniques that helps
individual to grow up normally through guided learning
 In the educational context , counselling is centerd
around the needs and aspiratiions of students.
NEED FOR GUIDANCE AND
COUNSELLING
 To help in total development of students
 To assist students in leading a healthy life by abstainig from
whatever is deleterious to health
 To help in the proper selection of educational programmes
 To help in the selection of careers according to their interest
and abilities
 To help the students in vocational
 To develops readiness for changes and to face challenges
 To minimise the mismatching between education and
employement and help in the efficient use of man power
CONT….
 To help freshers establish proper identity
 To identity and motivate the students from weaker sections of
society
 To helps students to overcome the period of turmoil and
confusions
 To ensure proper utilization of time spent outside the classroom
 To help in tackling problems arising out of students explosion
and co- education
 To makeup the deficiencies at home
 To minimize the incidence of indiscipline
CONT….
 To motivate the youth for self – employement
 To assist the needy students in availing financial
assistance from appropriate organisations
THE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
SERVICES
THE PRE- ADMISSION SERVICE
THE ADMISSION SERVICE
THE ORIENTATION SERVICE
THE STUDENT INFORMATION SERVICE
THE COUNSELLING SERVICE
THE PLACEMENT SERVICE
THE REMEDIAL SERVICE
THE FOLLOW- UP SERVICE
THE RESEARCH SERVICE
THE EVALUATION SERVICE
FORMS OF ORGANISATION

•CENTRALISED SERVICES
•DECENTRALISED SERVICES
•COMBINATION OF
CENTRALISED AND
DECENTRALISED SERVICES
BASIC CONCEPTS RELATED TO GUIDANCE
AND COUNSELLING SERVICES
 THE PURPOSE TO BE ACHIEVED
 THE FUNCTIONS TO BE SERVED
 ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND
AUTHORITY
 APPRAISAL OF THE PROGRAMME
REQUIREMENTS FOR ORGANISING GUIDANCE AND
COUNSELLING SERVICES

 Trained counsellors and guidance workers

 Planned programmes to meet objectives
 Consultation services
 Evaluation instruments like psychological tests ,
inventories,etc
 Students data bank
 Educational and vocational information service
CONT…
 Programs for co – operation between home and
school
 Programs for integrating community services
with guidance services
 In service educational programmes for teachers ,
counsellors and other personnel to provide
knowledge regarding the current trends in
guidance
CONT…
 Physical facilities
 Budgetary provisions
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