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Characteristics of Guidance and Counselling
Characteristics of Educational Guidance
- It is a process: Guidance is a process by which an individual sets his/her goals, makes plans and works out their problems.
- Guidance is a continuous process: It is important as a part of the human body, guidance is needed from childhood to old age to make an individual’s life better by their means.
- It is a service meant for everyone: Guidance is a service which is required at every stage of a student’s life, it is not only meant for brighter students or young men or children but for all from youth to old from bright to abnormal students.
- Specialized and generalized service: Guidance is a generalized service because everyone like teachers, tutors, parents, advisors, etc plays part in this programme. It is a specialized service because specially qualified persons like counselors, psychiatrists, and psychologists join and help the individual.
- It serves as an assistant rather than direction: It focuses on the development of self-guidance and self-improvement through an increased understanding of an individual’s problems.
Aims of Guidance:
The main objective of the guidance is to make an individual wiser, so, they could make their decisions carefully for their betterment.
- It helps the adolescent pupils to know and develop their interests and abilities.
- To helps pupils to recognize their strengths and limitations at their level.
- To help individuals to make realistic, educational, and vocational choices.
- In this counselor provides different but suitable educational and career-building opportunities.
- Guidance helps the pupils in personal and social adjustments.
