Counseling plays a crucial role in guiding individuals, especially high school students, in making informed decisions about their careers and choosing the right academic streams. Here are some key reasons highlighting the importance of counseling:
- Self-awareness: Career counseling helps students to identify and understand their strengths, interests, values, and skills. This self-awareness is fundamental in making choices that align with their personal attributes and preferences.
- Exploration of Options: There is a myriad of career options and academic streams available, and students may not be aware of all the possibilities. Career counseling provides a platform for exploring different professions, industries, and academic paths, enabling students to make well-informed decisions.
- Informed Decision-Making: By receiving guidance from career counselors, students can gain valuable insights into various career paths, including the educational requirements, job prospects, and potential challenges associated with each. This information helps them make decisions aligned with their goals and aspirations.
- Understanding Educational Paths: High school students often face the decision of choosing the right stream or field of study for further education. Career counseling assists them in understanding the various academic streams, majors, and courses available, allowing them to choose a path that matches their interests and career objectives.
- Goal Setting: Counseling aids in setting realistic and achievable career goals. It helps students break down their long-term objectives into smaller, manageable steps, facilitating a clearer path towards their desired career.
- Adapting to Changing Trends: The job market is dynamic, and career counselors stay updated on industry trends and changes. They can provide students with information on emerging fields, in-demand skills, and the evolving job market, helping students adapt their career plans accordingly.
- Addressing Concerns and Challenges: Some students may have concerns or face challenges that impact their career decisions. Counseling provides a safe and supportive space for addressing these concerns, whether they are related to academic performance, personal issues, or external pressures.
- Building Confidence: Career counseling empowers students by boosting their confidence in decision-making. When students have a clear understanding of their abilities and options, they are more likely to approach their future with confidence and enthusiasm.
Counseling plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of high school students by providing guidance, information, and support. It helps them navigate the complex landscape of career choices and educational streams, ultimately contributing to their personal and professional development.
Shri Balwant Institute of Technology (SBIT) is an Engineering and Management Institute, Approved by AICTE and Affiliated to GGS IP University, New Delhi. It is part of SB Group of Institutions conducting the following programmes for the past 19 years – B.Tech (CSE, IT, ECE, ME, EEE), BBA, BCA, MBA, MCA and B.Com (H). It is located near NH-1 and is about 15 min drive from Delhi border.
Looking at the current fast changing scenario we have customized LAKSHYA: Annual School Education & Career Summit for each participating school from inter- school education summit to school specific education summit. This is the Annual School Education & Career Summit for your Students of class XII at your school premises. This Session will be free of cost and no upper limit of participating entries per school.
It is a platform for the aspiring students studying in XII standards to find out routes to their academic success. Here in this session they will learn the possible directions to choose their career options. This student engagement program will be full of exciting activities like – expert talks, face-to-face interaction, Audio- Visual tracks etc.
This is NOT a normal counseling programme. This activity will be more like a confidence booster and motivational session for the students before their board examination.
The best counselor to student is student himself. It’s only the student who is responsible for his career, success and failure. We strongly believe that nobody can decide better than what ‘you’ can decide for ‘you’. But the challenge here is to enable students to Think and take informed decisions. This summit will help student to think and take decisions for life.
Schools who are interested in conducting these sessions in their school can send the request mail on info@sbit.in or call us at 9953671716, 999631628