Guidance and counselling programs help students with academic, personal, and career advice to ensure their overall well-being and future success.
The need for guidance and counseling for students arises from the changes taking place in every sphere of life. Academic stress, poor academic performance, cut-throat competition, vast and varied educational and career opportunities, and resulting confusion in making career choices, the ever-growing, changing, and complex world of work, dropout rates, suicide, anger, violence, drug abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, HIV/AIDS, crime, changes in lifestyle, and divorced/single parents are some of the concerns which require the support of guidance and counseling services for school students. Helplines for students by various organizations like CBSE, a few state-level guidance agencies, NGOs, etc., and the popularity of these helplines point towards the need and significance of guidance and counseling services for the school system.