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Guidance and Counselling in School - Training manual for teacher trainers

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Eila Burns

Guidance and Counselling in School training manual aims to provide social-personal, academic and vocational support for school children in Nepal. It contains both theoretical and practical aspects, and aspires to be a benchmark in its area. The training manual is prepared to train and facilitate teachers to build their capacity to guide students to improve their academic competencies, manage their personal and socio-emotional skills, and choose their careers. 

The training manual is divided into 10 sessions lasting 15 hours, which is a summary of the training guidelines for the Guidance and Counselling Syllabus with 3 credits. After completing these 15 hours of training, the trainee teacher will receive the Certificate of Participation. 

The first part of the manual consists of approaches to explore individual and group counselling challenges and needs of the students. It includes the process of counselling in school and society and also describes the significance of guidance and counselling in everyday life.

The second part includes cases and situations of guidance and counselling. Teachers encounter various academic, social, and vocational situations and cases in their professional lives. The practical cases and situations have been included in this part to stimulate the discussion about counselling needs and processes. This section also guides trainees in dealing with these situations. 

The third part of the manual comprises the strategies supporting students using different approaches. The Socio-Cultural Approach, Problem Solving Approach, and Inquiry Approach (Appreciative Inquiry) are the approaches included. This manual also includes some practical activities related to guidance and counselling to prepare participants for their final project-based counselling report.

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Manual contributing authors:

Tribhuvan University: Prof Dr Sushan Adhikari, Dr Kalpana Gyawali, Dr Madhu Neupane and Dr Bed Prasad Dhakal

Nepal Open University: Dr Karna Rana, Dr Jeevan Khanal and Dr Jiban Khadka

 

This training manual was produced in the Developing Pedagogy for 21st Century Skills Nepal -project: 

Developing Pedagogy for 21st Century Skills Nepal

HEI-ICI projects tackling the global learning crisis: In Nepal strengthening the capacity of higher education to enhance equal access to education through digital learning opportunities.