Only 3% pvt schools in Delhi-NCR have counsellors: Assocham

Only 3 per cent private schools in Delhi-NCR region have counsellors as against the guidelines of CBSE that all educational institutes should have full-time counsellors, Assocham today said in its survey.
"Be it coping with exam stress, getting career advice or just a pat on the back of students in schools, a meager 3 per cent of the private schools in Delhi-NCR have counsellors in their schools...Majority of private schools in the region are violating the educational norms," it said.
It said that counsellors in schools help teachers identify children who need more attention besides other suggestions.
"The most common problems children face nowadays are performance pressure and lack of communication. Lack of counselling at the right time is causing more trouble," B K Rao, Chairperson of Assocham Health Committee said in a statement.

Stress management is a major area that all schools need to work on. Most students have no clue what to do when they finish class 12. Despite the growing demand, the role of the school counsellor within the Indian context remains an ambiguous one, the survey said.
The survey was conducted in Delhi-NCR and covered about 3,200 schools and observed that there are acute shortages of counsellors in private and government schools.