– How will CBSE\u2019s Career Guidance Portal provide personalized counselling on a large scale?
\n– Does the portal establish a direct connection for students and colleges?
\n– Can a CBSE school fully implement the process of career guidance just through the portal?<\/p>\n
Most importantly, will students be encouraged to opt for diverse career fields just by consuming information?<\/p>\n
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This structured information was always available online on multiple portals like Shiksha.com. So what makes the Career Guidance Portal different?<\/p>\n
How CBSE has Answered Through their Career Guidance Portal<\/h2>\n
Now that we have asked the questions, let\u2019s look at what CBSE has done to address this through the Career Guidance Portal.<\/p>\n
For counselling support, CBSE will be conducting a digital training session of 1.5 hours for 2 teachers per school. The training will focus on making them acquainted with how to use the portal.<\/p>\n
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This will help those teachers resolve student queries about the portal. But will it enable them to offer support to students and parents with queries?<\/p>\n
On specific careers?
\nCourses?
\nAnd colleges?<\/p>\n
Moreover, career counselling has always been a certified specialization. Giving teachers the access to information may not serve the purpose entirely.<\/p>\n
CBSE\u2019s Career Guidance Portal – Hits and Misses<\/h2>\n
The career guidance portal offers students access to a personalized career dashboard. This is based on research and student’s preferences.<\/p>\n
However, every child is different and personalization needs to be based on:<\/p>\n
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- Personality<\/li>\n
- Aptitude<\/li>\n
- Motivation<\/li>\n
- Learning style<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So, while giving access to information is good but it is only useful if mapped to the student\u2019s traits.<\/p>\n
Apart from this, a career decision in India or in the world is not made by the student alone. There are multiple people who are a part of this process.<\/p>\n
Parents<\/h3>\n
One of the most important stakeholders in making career decisions, especially in India, are the parents.<\/p>\n
Parent-Student misalignment has been among the biggest hurdles cited by students in making career choices. This brings a gap when compared to career choices suited to their interest areas and personality.<\/p>\n
However, the CBSE portal doesn\u2019t at present have parental involvement in the decision making.<\/p>\n
Alumni<\/h3>\n
The other stakeholder whose involvement is invaluable, and have a special mention in the NEP 2020 are the Alumni.<\/p>\n
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Students of The City Montessori School<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n There is no one better than the Alumni to provide first-hand guidance and mentoring to students.<\/p>\n
Although it\u2019s understandable that the CBSE\u2019s Career Guidance Portal cannot enable Alumni guidance at such a large scale. However, adding mentor videos and sessions in each field can be beneficial to start with.<\/p>\n
Importance of Connecting With Colleges<\/h2>\n
The Career Guidance Portal does offer students access to the college directories. However, these directory-based contacts can only be used by some students to seek information, considering the scale. Hence, it is only a sub-optimal way to connect.<\/p>\n
Universities\/Colleges have specific budgets allocated to their admissions departments to reach out to students. Either through fairs or digital media in order to provide relevant information and answer student queries.<\/p>\n
A strong college connect can be established by engaging with these departments. Once done at scale, a platform for the same can be made accessible to students.<\/p>\n
How Univariety is Bridging All Gaps<\/h2>\n
With our experience of working with 400+ schools, one thing is clear. The usage and impact of Career Guidance on students is only effective when driven by the school.<\/p>\n
For CBSE schools to implement this, a structured Career Guidance Curriculum is needed. With clearly defined outcomes, this curriculum must be integrated into the school\u2019s annual plan.<\/p>\n
Without any school curriculum, student usage and impact levels will be low just with a centralised portal.<\/p>\n
Watch some reputed schools talk about a holistic Career Guidance Program – Partner School Testimonial | Univariety Partners | Educators, Principal, Director | Success Stories<\/a><\/p>\n
To conclude, it\u2019s a step forward in the right direction by CBSE to launch the Career Guidance Program<\/a>\u00a0to create awareness.<\/p>\n
However, if a school wants to empower its students to make personalize smart career decisions, a holistic Career Guidance Program is needed that includes the following elements:<\/p>\n
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