{"id":9528,"date":"2024-05-14T11:07:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T05:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/?p=9528"},"modified":"2024-05-17T10:31:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T05:01:24","slug":"career-counselling-guidance-cbse-hits-misses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/career-counselling-guidance-cbse-hits-misses\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the CBSE Career Guidance and Counselling Portal Live Up to Its Promises?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Can you imagine having the largest student population in the world and not having proper career guidance and counselling plans for them? Oh wait\u2026you don\u2019t have to imagine it. This was the reality most Indian schools faced up until a few years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But be it through Univariety\u2019s constant effort to spread awareness about the necessity of career counselling and guidance or through movies like &#8216;3 Idiots&#8217; and &#8216;Taare Zameen Par&#8217; etc. that portray a grim picture of what can go wrong because of lack of it, people are starting the realize its importance. So it was a piece of welcome news for us when we heard that <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"CBSE Career Guidance Portal Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbse.gov.in\/cbsenew\/documents\/Press%20Note%20for%20Launch%20of%20CBSE%20Career%20Guidiance%20and%20Counselling%20Portal.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBSE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is launching its very own career guidance and counselling portal this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">But the question remains \u2013 how effective is this portal going to be in shaping the future of students? So let\u2019s find out what the CBSE Career Guidance and Counselling Portal has to offer. What are its greatest hits? And where has it missed the mark?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>CBSE Career Guidance and Counselling Portal: An Overview<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CBSE Career Guidance and Counselling Portal was developed in collaboration with UNICEF and launched on 4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> August this year. The objective behind the career counselling and guidance portal is to help \u201cstudents understand their learning strengths and weaknesses and have realistic goals commensurate with their capabilities.\u201d The portal can be accessed by students of classes IX to XII from all CBSE affiliated schools for information related to &#8211; career options, courses, colleges, scholarships, and entrance exams.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">CBSE also plans on conducting digital training for 2 teachers\/counsellors per school and they will be given access to a personal counsellor&#8217;s dashboard to help guide students. In addition to this, they can take up online courses and assessments through the dashboard to get certified as professional career counsellors.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><b>What CBSE Career Guidance and Counselling Portal Got Right<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>A Centralized Hub That Can be Accessed Across the Country<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Career guidance and counselling were a much-needed part of the Indian school curriculum. CBSE&#8217;s attempt to build a portal that can be accessed across the country, irrespective of the state, city, or town, the student lives in is a definite step forward in that direction.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>A Career Guidance Portal for FREE<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Career Guidance and Counselling Portal is completely free for students and teachers\/counsellors that are enrolled for access. This allows students across socio-economic backgrounds an equal opportunity to understand their future <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Top Career Trends in India\" href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/top-5-career-trends-in-india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">career <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">options<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">But the free portal can be a double-edged sword &#8211; while it can impact millions of students across the country; as is true with most free programs, the commitment to efficiency remains to be seen.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>No Linguistic Barrier<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The career guidance portal can be accessed in Hindi, English, and 8 other languages. Since learners in schools come from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, having an inclusive career guidance portal will ensure more students can reap its benefits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><b>The Missing Ingredients from CBSE Career Guidance Portal<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>An Information Directory is Not the Same as Counselling<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The CBSE portal is a valiant attempt at providing some semblance of career guidance and counselling to students across India. However, it inadvertently falls into the trap of thinking providing information about courses, colleges, and career options is the same as career counselling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">This can\u2019t be farther from the truth. Career counselling is not just about providing information about career options. It\u2019s a process of helping a student recognize their strengths and weaknesses, their interests, and their aptitude and guide them through career options that are ideal for them. On the other hand, the CBSE Career Guidance Portal provides a &#8216;one-size-fits&#8217; solution for all students without assessing their personality type, motivation, aptitude or learning styles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/app\/product\/psychometric-test\"><b>Explore Univariety\u2019s psychometric tests to gain insights on what is your ideal career option.<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Leaving Parents and Alumni Out of the Loop<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Parents are perhaps the second most important decision-makers when it comes to choosing a career path. (Right after the child, of course!) They are not only responsible for the financial aspect of choosing a course, college, and career but are also heavily invested in the process because it is the decision that will affect THEIR CHILD\u2019s FUTURE! Keeping them out of the loop of the career guidance and counselling process is a disaster waiting to happen. And yet the CBSE portal grants no access to parents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alumni of a school are perhaps the first source of information related to course, career and college for school students. Think about it \u2013 aren\u2019t children directly inspired by the career paths their seniors undertake? Students reach out to their seniors first when they want to know about a certain career path or college information. And yet the CBSE portal fails at leveraging this readily available potential of an <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Importance of Alumni Network\" href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/alumni-network-theres-more-to-it-than-meets-the-eye\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alumni network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>No Bridging the Gap Between Schools and Colleges\/Universities<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world that a student encounters as he\/she steps into a college or a university is vastly different from a school environment. So are the expectations that colleges have from students applying for admission. Nowadays colleges look for a student&#8217;s worth beyond an impressive scorecard. And it is very important for students to have an impressive profile when they seek <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Guiding Students for College Admission\" href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/guide-students-for-college-admissions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">college admission<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CBSE portal doesn\u2019t do much in bridging the gap between schools and colleges or universities. It only provides a directory of information which is something that students can google on their own. It doesn\u2019t tell them how to go about building the <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Check your College Profile Score\" href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/product\/promap\/check-your-profile-score\/get-started\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">right profile for college admission<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or how to face an interview or even which college to choose if they have more than one option.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>What We Offer at UNIVARIETY<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Univariety has been the pioneer in career counselling and guidance in India. We have spent years spreading awareness about career counselling. We have helped thousands of school students understand their aptitude, personality, and learning style . Our expert career counsellors take into account all this before they begin the career guidance journey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pOoyWNzLm9M\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">So, what are you waiting for?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/app\/contactus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Get in touch with us today!<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you imagine having the largest student population in the world and not having proper career guidance and counselling plans for them? 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