Introductory Video on Guidance and Counselling in Schools
Channel: KKHSOU
Date: 2022-06-18

Dear Friends!
We welcome you all to our Swayam course on “Guidance and Counselling in Schools.” As you know, guidance and counseling services are very essential and important in schools. In fact, guidance and counseling services are considered as an integral part of the overall education process. As a supporting function in the educational process, guidance and counselling services help each individual develop his/her fullest potential. The increasing complexities and stresses of modern day living have created a number of problems among the students. Lack of interest in studies, low academic achievement, lack of concentration and no motivation, truancy, behavioural problems, suicide, drug abuse, etc. are some of the important issues of present day situation which call for provision of guidance and counselling in schools. Further, students in the adolescence stage face multi-complex issues. They face a number of personal, social, emotional and physiological problems. Problems of anxiety and stress, depression, loneliness, self esteem, adjusting to a new culture, problems related to career development, problems with family, friends or intimate relationships, sexual problems are a few examples of these. Children and adolescents have limited knowledge, skills and experience to handle their problems and challenges within the existing environment. So, they need proper guidance and counselling to face and tackle these complex issues. But, in our school education system the importance of counselling services is not properly realized and attended to. There is no well-organised guidance and counselling services in our school system. No school appoints a professional counsellor for guidance and counselling purposes. Therefore, teachers and other school personnel need to equip themselves with helping skills to promote students’ personal, social, educational, career development and adjustment throughout the school years. This, however, requires professional orientation and training to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies. Keeping this requirement in view, this course has been designed and developed with the aim to train in- service teachers, school administrators, prospective teachers and interested persons from the community as a Teacher Counsellors or Counsellor to guide and counsel students in schools. We do believe that the participants of the course will be able to render the services to students in schools as well as community as a skilled counselor after successful completion of the course.

Dear friends! This is a four credits course which requires twelve weeks to complete. All the essential knowledge, skills and competencies that require playing the role of an effective ‘Teacher Counsellor’ have been included in the course that consists of twelve modules. You have to learn one module per week by devoting your 3/4 hours time. The instructional design of the course is framed following the four quadrants MOOCs pedagogy. So, you may learn the course through e-text, e-tutorial video, e-resources etc. You will be experienced peer learning through discussion forums and also get help from your course instructors. You can have the opportunity to assess your own learning progress through a weekly self-assessment quiz or participating in a discussion forum.The internal evaluation of the course gives weightage of 30% marks which will be assessed through assignment, weekly quizzes, participation in discussion forum and performance in given activity and 70% marks will be allocated for external proctored examination conducted by the University in person at any of the designated exam centres. A minimum 40 % passing mark is needed in internal as well as external for being eligible for certificate.

Let us join the course and start learning on Guidance and Counselling. Thank you.

Presented by: Dr. Pranab Saikia, Course Coordinator, Guidance and Counselling in Schools
Edited by: Rashmi Duwarah