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Counselling and School guidance (India): History in brief

By S Adeeb Mujtaba Ali From the review paper by Kodad and Kazi, it is known that according to an Indian Express interview with Sudeshna Chatterjee titled, ' Schools are neglecting to counselling ,  a) the first Child Guidance Clinic was founded by Tata Institute of Social Sciences at Wadia Hospital in 1938.  b) In the same year, the Wadia hospital established a school health unit, which referred children with behavioral issues to the hospital. In 1979, the first school mental health clinic was founded at Nair Hospital. Asha K. Kinra also discusses some of the significant turning points in India's school counseling progress.   a) In 1954, the Central Bureau of Educational and Vocational Guidance was created by India's Ministry of Education.  b) Following the third five-year plan (1961), certified counselors and career masters, with the help of school teachers, began providing guidance services in classrooms.  c) By the end of the third five-year plan (1966)...

Counselling and School Guidance (US): History in brief

By S Adeeb Mujtaba Ali While the foundations of therapy and instruction concepts can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome with Plato and Aristotle's philosophical teachings, the tradition of school counseling officially began at the turn of the twentieth century. Also, there is evidence suggesting that some of the methods and skills used by modern-day guidance counselors were used by Catholic priests in the Middle Ages, as shown by the commitment to confessional confidentiality. The Universal Plaza of All the Professions of the World (1626) , written by Tomaso Garzoni , was one of the first texts on career opportunities published near the end of the sixteenth century. Formal guidance programs using advanced textbooks, on the other hand, did not begin until the turn of the century. In the United States, the social reform movement paved the way for the establishment of advice and therapy in the 1890s. Many people were angered by the struggles of inhabitants living in slums and t...