Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2017

A STUDY ON NEED ASSESSMENT OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

Dr. A. Subramanian

Abstract :

 Counseling is a wonderful modern invention used for well–being of persons. Psychotherapy through counseling provides opportunities for those seeking help to live more satisfying and happy lives. When people simply need a professional to listen people and advice them, people can turn to counseling. Counseling is a very comprehensive concept. Its objectives is to encourage the dull and the backward child, to normalize the through appraisal, individual or group counseling, parents or teachers consultation and the most important environment charge.

Present study was planned to investigate the counselling needs of Higher secondary school students. The need assessment questionnaire (NAQ) was constructed which included five areas, i.e. educational, vocational, social, emotional and behavioural problems of students. NAQ was administrated to eighty students of 11th and 12th class, taken on convenience basis from eight schools of thiruvallur district. Results indicate that Higher secondary school students had more problems of emotional needs (i.e.56.5%) than of vocational needs. (i.e. 54.5%). So there is a need for emotional and vocational counseling programs for them. Although there were many limitation of the study (including small sample size and crude method of sampling) even then findings are seemed acceptable according to the age and grade level of students.

This study would be helpful and encouraging the students to identify their counseling needs and problems and solve their problems through consultation of good counselor. Counseling in higher secondary school students is not like formal counseling programme where focusing on remediation of students problems. It is also a tool for preventing normal problems from becoming more serious and resulting in delinquency, failure and emotional disturbance. It can also be a major remedial force for helping children in trouble side by side there is some need of students which over come through the help of counseling.

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Dr. A. SUBRAMANIAN, A STUDY ON NEED ASSESSMENT OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING, Indian Journal of Applied Research,Volume : 7 | Issue : 1 | JANUARY 2017

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