Directorate Of School Education Jammu, Department of Lifelong Learning and University of Jammu organize a one day training-cum-workshop on “Counseling Skills for teachers”
JAMMU: Directorate of School Education in collaboration with the Department of Lifelong Learning, University of Jammu organized a one day training-cum-workshop on “Counseling Skills for teachers” in Brigadier Rajinder Singh Auditorium, University of Jammu here.
Ms. Anuradha Gupta, Director School Education Jammu was the special guest of honour and Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu, Prof Manoj Dhar was the chief guest of the inaugural function.
The workshop was attended by over 300 teacher-counselors drawn from far flung areas of three districts of Kathua, Samba and Jammu.
Speaking on the occasion Director School Education Jammu Anuradha, Gupta expressed her gratitude to DLL, University of Jammu for providing technical support in capacity building of teachers as first level counsellors.
She said that counseling initiatives of DSEJ match with the recently launched School Health Programme. She impressed upon the teachers to take care of overall well-being of the students besides their academic needs.
In his address, Prof Manoj Dhar said that counseling is very important issue and the role of teachers in counseling is quite crucial as they have to identify the capacity of the children and provide them the direction.
He added that the teachers in school education have an important responsibility as they hone the students, chisel them and guide them through counseling and then the same students reach the university level. If the University works in close association with the DSEJ, the University would be able to get good students at the University, he said adding that our job is to nurture and nourish our future generations.
Assuring to make these initiatives sustainable, the Vice Chancellor announced that the University, in collaboration with DSEJ would organized special three weeks programme on skill and capacity building of teacher counselors in future in which special inputs would be given to them as part of University’s extension and outreach activities as part of JU’s social responsibility towards the society.
The major themes of the training programme were counseling skills, career counseling, psychological first aid and child protection.
Among others Prof Jasbir Singh, Dean Students Welfare, Prof Arti Bakshi, Head Psychology, JU, Mr. Romesh Sharma, head Counseling cell DSEJ, DLL faculty members, Dr Vivek Sharma and Dr Priyanka Sharma were also present on the occasion.
