Perception of pre-service teacher educators on need of skills among guidance and counselling personnel at secondary school level

Effective guidance and counselling skills of a guidance worker or counselor helps students’ throughout their lives to manage their own educational, vocational, personal, social, and life choices, so that they can achieve their full potential and contribute their valuable effort to the development for a better society. The present study was conducted on 25 pre-service teacher educators. The objectives of the study were: To study the perception of pre-service teacher educators on need of skills among guidance and counselling personnel at secondary school level and To study the perception of pre-service teacher educators on different impeding issues faced by guidance and counselling personnel in secondary school level. The researcher had used descriptive survey method. The researcher had used questionnaire tool in the present study. The findings of the study were: 71% pre-service teacher educators perceived that under communication skill rapport building capacity, empathy construct capacity are highly required among guidance and counselling personnel to identify and assess problems of secondary school students. 75% pre-service teacher educators believed that under collaborative skill rapport building capacity, planning preparation capacity, planning exhaustion capacity, proper management capacity are highly essential among guidance and counselling personnel to identify and assess problems of secondary school students. 76% pre-service teacher educators perceived that lack of knowledge and experience is the vital impeding issue faced by guidance and counselling personnel at secondary school level. 68% pre-service teacher educators viewed that lack of infrastructure facility is the major impeding issue faced by guidance and counselling personnel at secondary school level. 46% pre-service teacher educators perceived that lack of implementation skills among guidance and counselling personnel is the main impeding issue faced by guidance and counselling personnel at secondary school level.