Domkal Girls’ Counselling Sub-Committee is concerned with providing advice and assistance to the students in the development of their educational plans, choice of appropriate courses, to deal with psychological problems. student counselling helps to the students in solving their personal, educational, social as well as psychological problems.

Importance of Counselling:

The importance of guidance and counselling should be taught to students about their future journey. Higher Education Instructions have a huge role in bringing the best out of children. Good conduct is coveted, but sometimes young minds need guidance to polish their personality. Through counselling, students are given advice on how to manage and deal with emotional conflict and personal problems.

Proper counselling will help to incorporate valuable lessons into their daily life. Some sessions should involve career guidance, where the students are advised on the selection of courses and different career paths. It’s important to prepare them for life after college and what to expect in the different fields they might opt for.

Benefits of Counselling:

1. Students are given proper guidance on how to deal with psychological problems which can badly impact their studies. Through these sessions, the students will be able to develop certain problem-solving skills which to an extent help them deal with issues surrounding their lives.

2. The students are advised on how to cope with different situations they tend to face in their college life. They should talk politely or relate with their peers. This advice will give them perspective on how they should behave in certain scenarios.

3. It helps to shape a student’s behavior and instill enough discipline in them. Proper guidance helps them achieve their goals, well guided & counseled students to know what to do and how to do things in the best possible way.

4. Students learn how-to live-in peace and harmony with others in the college community. Thereby, they also learn to appreciate other people in their class.

5. It helps to bridge the gap between students and the college administration since they can guide their problems through a proper counseling channel in the office.

6. Students get comprehensive advice on careers, courses, and jobs that enable them to make a proper and informed choice and understand what they can do after completion of courses in college.

7. It allows students to talk to teachers about various experiences that make them uncomfortable. They can openly share problems that they cannot share with their parents.

8. Talks related to alcohol, drugs, personal feelings, or any kind of abuse, can be openly discussed. Guidance and counseling also make students better human beings since they are counseled on how to act and behave in a particular situation.

9. It enables students undergoing certain difficulties in their lives, to ask questions and clarify them through guiding and counseling. Therefore, counseling helps them ask without any fear.

Domkal Girls College in Domkal, Murshidabad is one of the colleges that provide students with educational counselling in the senior students when students come face-to-face with some important decisions in their life. These are crucial years of their teenage life, so they naturally have many questions.

Mission:

Our mission as a counselling and wellness team is to teach and tailor life-long skills of self-regulation, self-management, and effective social engagement. We will positively affect students’ availability to learn, personal behaviours and students’ connectedness to their community. The students develop awareness of the skills and strategies necessary to manage their own welling being and of others. Professional collaboration and learning are encouraged to promote a healthy environment where the values of self-development, self-care, and empathy along with academic excellence is sought to be achieved.