Start Young and Have an Edge over others
Our current pedagogical system demands new approaches as we need to make our students employable. It is not only the marks scored in the exams which count but the career market has changed the rules of game by personality assessment and suitability of the candidate towards a particular chosen career. This is the place where our students face the biggest challenge as personality development does not seem to be in the priority list and career guidance is the thought that comes after one has completed his/her education. By the time we become aware of these concepts the student has already lost 20 important years of his life and learning new concepts becomes all the way harder. Students who start young and are offered personality development initiatives and timely career guidance are the ones who lead the way.
There is a clear consensus that high quality guidance and counselling services play a key role in supporting lifelong learning, career
management and achievement of personal goals. The shift towards Personality Enhancement and Career Guidance can best be supported by active partnership and involvement of schools and parents. Establishing a coherent and holistic guidance system that is accessible over the school years has clear implications for the competences, qualifications, and continuous professional development of students. Appropriate initial and further grooming of students and teachers alike is crucial as they have a central position in guidance service delivery and development of their personal and professional life. Education system is undergoing gradual change, resulting from the complex demands placed by the society for Personality development and career guidance, the working environments, and career market becoming more competitive.
In the coming years, we may expect the market to become even fierce with the evolving focus of the market on private sector thus making career guidance to become more deeply involved in schools as starting young shall be the only way to cater to the needs of demanding parents. Students and schools which invest in career guidance for students and the development of their teachers and pedagogical system shall reap the benefit as they will be the ones to reap the benefits of the future. New areas such as validation of non-formal and informal learning, accreditation of prior learning and prior experiential learning is gaining far more relevance today than it did in yester years.
We at iPedagogy provide services which ensure timely assistance to students for their Personality Enhancement and Career guidance through our personalised services to schools. We focus on each student on one to one basis as opposed to creating common and similar development as we believe that needs of every student is different and each student is special. Apart from this we provide teacher development initiatives as we believe that teachers are the most important resource in developing the future generations and that they should be provided with the opportunity of self-development which shall ultimately benefit the school pedagogical practices.
We call for and offer schools to collaborate with us in the holistic development of students and teachers for a better experience to parents and students and building their brand through this process
The Benefits of Student Counselling
WHAT'S OUT THERE
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Perhaps the most important facet of career counseling is to simply know what career options abound today. Say, a student has great flair for writing. It is important that the student or individual is well informed about the prospects of taking writing as a career. Lack of information on the will let the individual or student abandon his talent and intellect.
APTITUDE MONITORING
Career counseling helps a student realize true aptitude. While at a junior level, most students perform evenly across subjects. Aptitude tests, conducted by counselors, bring out clearly the strong intellectual areas of a particular student. This empowers the student to make an informed decision when choosing future studies and making career choices.
OBJECTIVE GUIDE
Many times, students grow up with preconceived notions – “I must become a doctor, since my father is one”. Good counseling can quell these notions, and help the student view himself for the individual that he really is. After all, the doctor’s son can actually be more suited to, and more interested in, being a musician!
EVADE CONFUSION
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Often, students haven’t developed a clear idea of what they’d want to study by the time they’re due to make those choices. This isn’t necessarily due to any lack of interest; one is simply too young. Seeking career counseling leads to clarity of thought in a student, helps to identify interests, pick the appropriate subjects, and finally, make the choice of the right career
CAREER RELATION TO EDUCATION
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It is also likely that a student has decided on a particular career, but is not sure of how to qualify for it academically. Seeking counseling helps to put things in proper perspective – the student chooses the right higher education for the chosen career, and likewise, is able to land safely on the career track, due the interest, motivational factors and the chosen stream of education.