ORGANIZING GUIDANCE SERVICES IN SCHOOLS

 

ORGANIZING GUIDANCE SERVICES IN SCHOOLS

GUIDANCE SERVICES IN THE SCHOOL:

     Guidance services in the school should have the following aspects,

1.       Individual inventory Service:  Compilation of individual inventory giving detailed information about each student concerning his ability and achievements in different areas is the first essential of every guidance service in the school. This information should be kept up-to-date and used for the good of the student. It may be compiled in the form of a cumulative record.

2.       Information Services:  Students of higher secondary schools generally need three types of information which is very helpful to them in making decisions about various courses, occupations and institutions such as,

    a) Information about colleges and training opportunities.

     b) Information about available occupations.

     c) Information about scholarships and other financial help available during the training                                                          period.  Information may be collected from papers and magazines, government notifications and bulletins and information centers of the Employment exchanges. Etc. The usefulness of this information may be supplemented by talks of people from different occupations.

     3.   Counselling Service: Counselling service is regarded as the heart of the guidance programme. This service must assist an individual in identifying, understanding and solving problems that confront him. Counselling can be done by a well-trained counsellor.

PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZING GUIDANCE SERVICES

1. The guidance services should be meant for all the categories of students.
2.  Organization of guidance programme of any type—educational, vocational and personal should be done in accordance with the interests, needs and purpose of the pupils.
3.  The guidance service should consider the total environment of the child while organizing guidance programme for them.
4.  The guidance programme may be different in an industrial school from that of an agricultural school.
5.  The guidance services should treat the pupil in its entirety.
6. It should also meet the specific needs and problems of the pupil.
7. Adequate information regarding occupational and educational requirements and opportunities should be stored.
8. The guidance services should co-operate with all the agencies of education and provide for leadership.
9. Problems of pupils should be dealt with before they become serious.
10. It should be directed towards improving pupil’s self-knowledge and self-direction.
11.  Adequate provision should be made in guidance services for testing tools to be used in it.
12. The interest and effort of every member of the staff should be given top most priority in the organization of guidance services.
13. It should be as simple as possible.

SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF ORGANISING GUIDANCE SERVICES IN SCHOOLS

1. Coordinating guidance work
2. Consolidation of individual efforts by all the staff
3.  Economic use of time and it provides equal opportunities for all
4. Better understanding of pupil traits and location of his problem
5. Better understanding of pupil needs and interest
6.  Healthy class room relations
7. Better utilization of community resources for testing etc.
8.  Better staff unity
9. Adequate and up-to-date information regarding occupational and educational requirements and opportunities should be secured.
10. It should be directed towards improved pupil self-knowledge and self-direction as ultimately, he is to make his own decisions.

ORGANIZATIONS OF GUIDANCE PROGRAMME AT SECONDARY LEVEL

ORGANIZATION OF FACULTY

1. Faculty Guidance Committees

Ø   At the time of organizing guidance service in school first of all a permanent faculty committee be organized with Headmaster as the President, counsellor as the Secretary and all those teachers who have had some training as its member.

Ø  This committee should frame the policy fix its targets, acquaint all the staff members, parents and students with the benefits of its services, to get the expert advice for the organization of guidance services and to act upon it and to evaluate guidance service and to bring requisite changes in it.

Ø  It will be better if the council is made them in charge of the programme and it should involve all the teachers in it. In order to give proper representation on the committee.

2. Headmaster of the School

Ø   The Headmaster should have full faith in the guidance services and his philosophy of education be clear about its relationship with guidance.

Ø  He must call the meeting of the guidance committee maintain its record and have democratic discussion.

Ø  He should introduce cumulative records and train class teachers about mode of filing proper information in it and maintain it.

Ø  He should work as Public Relations Officer and maintain good relations with students, teachers, social workers, employment officers, district level officers and Principals of colleges etc.

3. Counsellors and Career Master

Ø   The work of counsellor can be done by a teacher who has undergone at least one-year special training of counsellor.

Ø  He is to perform all the services including counselling, administrating of psychological list, research and to suggest changes in the light of research finding.

Ø  The career master is capable of performing only a few of these services even when he understands all these services.

Ø  As a rule, when the guidance services are established in a high school at first a career maker is appointed in it.

4. Teacher

   The counsellors in high school environments are to concentrate on the following four tasks

(a) Organizing and making available to students’ comprehensive information systems necessary for

     educational and vocational planning and decision-making.

(b) Organizing and presenting classroom curricula that focus development of

      adolescents.

(c) Helping students to assess the personal characteristics.

(d) Providing remedial interventions for students needing special help.

Ø  Even when guidance services are not established in a school, the teacher does provide certain aspects of guidance services.

Ø  It has been well said that all guidance is education, but all education is not guidance.

Ø  Teacher is a friend guide and leader of the students.

5. School Psychologist

Ø   The school counsellor is to be busy with so many multipurpose activities, so at times in each school, or in a group of schools a psychologist is appointed who conducts the needed psychological test and interpret them.

Ø  The work being of highly technical native only a qualified person is appointed on it. He is always to be of great help to the counsellors.

6. Health Department of School

Ø   As a rule, every large school should have a full-time doctor, a dentist, a psycholinguist and nurse.

Ø  However, till this stage is not ripe the Government must ensure that doctors appointed in hospital visit the schools and provide needed medical aid to the students.

7. Librarian

Ø   The librarian can be helpful to the extent that he collects the books, journal and pamphlets on guidance, occupational information and provide necessary help to students for their use.

8. Co-operation of Parents

Ø   Parents needs to be enlightened that children should be allowed to make their own decisions about their problems.

Ø  It is better to prepare a checklist of the needed information such as what parents expect of their wards, the numbers of his brothers and sisters and his relationship with the types of educational facilities available at home.

Ø  The parents should be encouraged to express their views in a free and frank manner. They should be dealt with psychologically.

9. Co-operation of Other Organizations:

Ø  In order to establish guidance services on firm footing it is essential to get the cooperation of guidance clinics, employment exchange, teachers’ parent associations, organizations of industrialists, doctors, students unions, religious and labour organizations etc.

(a) Student Welfare Services

Ø   Organizations like Parent Teacher Associations, Lion’s club, Rotary clubs etc.

(b) Accommodations

Ø   In every school a guidance corner with extensive information about occupations, shortage occupations, surplus occupations, training facilities, professional loans, etc. is a must to be established.