Mai ba da shawara kan ilimi

mai ba da shawara kan ilimi (EC), wani lokacin ana kiransa mai ba da shawara game da ilimi mai zaman kansa (IEC), mai ba da shawarar ne wanda ke taimaka wa iyaye da ɗaliban gargajiya ko ɗaliban da ba na gargajiya ba tare da shirin ilimi don kwaleji da makarantar digiri. Wasu kuma suna aiki tare da ɗaliban makaranta masu zaman kansu.

 Bayani na gaba ɗaya 
Mai ba da shawara kan ilimi yana ba da sabis waɗanda suke kama da Masu ba da shawara a makaranta da masu ba le shawara kan ilimi, amma yawanci yana aiki da kansa ko kuma babbar ƙungiyar ilimi ke aiki. Matsakaicin taken shine "IEC" ko "mai ba da shawara kan ilimi mai zaman kansa".

 Da'a 
IECA ta "Ka'idojin Ka'ida don Kwarewar Ba da Shawara ta Ilimi" ta bayyana cewa "ta haɓaka ƙa'idodin ƙa'idodin ka'idoji waɗanda ke sarrafa ayyukan masu ba da shawara a cikin dangantakarsu da ɗalibai da iyalai, makarantu da kwalejoji, da kuma abokan aiki. Waɗannan sun haɗa da alhakin fahimtar ƙarfin ɗaliban na musamman, dabi'a da buƙata don haɗa dukkan ƙa'idodin IECA na ƙa'idodi.

 Kungiyoyin kwararru 
Manyan kungiyoyi biyu masu sana'a don masu ba da shawara kan ilimi sune IECA (Independent Educational Consultants Association) da HECA (Higher Education Consultants Association).  Ƙungiyar farko a Burtaniya ita ce Society of Education Consultants (SEC). 

 Dubi kuma 

 Loren Pope - mai ba da shawara kan ilimi kuma marubucin Kwalejin da ke Canja Rayuwa.
 The Hidden Ivies da masu ba da shawara kan ilimi Howard da Matthew Greene.

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