The nature of school counseling in Malaysia
Counselling in education is comparatively a highly crucial field of study; especially in relation to school children as well as adults. This paper is a theoretical endeavor to assess the nature of counselling with special reference to Malaysian schools. School going children are in a molding stag...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/78841/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/78841/1/SALMI-%20The%20Nature%20of%20Counseling.pdf |
| Summary: | Counselling in education is comparatively a highly crucial field of study; especially in relation to
school children as well as adults. This paper is a theoretical endeavor to assess the nature of
counselling with special reference to Malaysian schools. School going children are in a molding
stage and need guidance to become productive adults and contributive societal members.
Counselling plays an immense role since these children are normally placed under a whole heap
and enormous pressure. Besides, parents and society in general seem to place unbearable weight
of expectations on children. Few nations and governments, in the third world, have taken serious
initiatives to improve the situation; Malaysia is one of those nations. The subsequent
governments of Malaysia have improved counselling services in the schools over the years.
Nonetheless, more improvement is needed on the role of counselling in schools and educating the
students on counselling services. The objective of this paper is to explicate the nature of
counselling; its usefulness, and functions in the life of the individual. In fact, counselling makes
reflective and deep impact on the lives of students, families and communities. This service assists
individuals steer out of difficulties; and helps clients achieve their personal goals, and gain
greater insight into their lives; as it is process of talking about and working through personal
problems of the clients; it is more important in the school vicinity as the young minds need
constant guidance to improve their personality. |
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