Adolescents face diverse and unique mental and personal challenges, which greatly affect their academic achievements. The high school years of students are the period in which they are exploring their independence and evaluating their skills, abilities, and strengths. To assure that they are ready to become the next parents, leaders, workers, and citizens of our nation, they need guidance, support, and opportunities throughout their adolescence. The role of guidance personnel is very important in guiding these students to the best persons they can become.
Secondary school counsellors are specialised educationalist equipped with a psychological health perspective that can empathise and take action on the challenges demonstrated by today’s students. Counsellors must establish good rapport with students so that teenagers can easily approach them. The counsellors don’t work in seclusion; they are essential to the whole educational programme. They offer active leadership that enlists the entire stakeholders to deliver the services and programmes to assist students reach success in the educational institution. The school counsellors work with the mission and vision of the school to support the educational accomplishments of the students as they get ready to face a different world outside the school. This mission is carried out by designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating the systematic, comprehensive, and developmental School-Counselling Programme. The secondary counsellors put into practise this programme by rendering classroom guidance, goal setting, individual and group counselling, and professional development. They team up not just with students, but with parents, teachers, school administrators, and the whole community. Counsellors must conform to licensure standards and preserve the professional and ethical principles of professional counselling associations.
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