The CBSE dedicated online portal on career guidance and counselling include information on various careers, courses, scholarships and examinations for students from Classes 9 to 12.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has joined hands with UNICEF to introduce an online portal for career guidance and counselling for students. According to the official statement released by CBSE, the collaboration seeks to help young people, especially girls, improvise their knowledge and skills for self-development and to transition smoothly from school to higher education or work. Students will get information on careers, college directories, courses from several countries, scholarships and competitive entrance exams on the portal. The Portal can be accessed at cbsecareerguidance.com. several state governments and private sector have launched their customized portals in regional languages to support Class 9 to 12 students manage their career pathways and lifelong learning. The online portal, the official statement said, will help the students access educational and work-related resources and opportunities. The career portal is also available as a mobile application.
The CBSE dedicated online portal on career guidance and counselling include information on various careers, courses, scholarships and examinations for students from Classes 9 to 12. The launch of the portal coincides with the declaration of Class 10 and Class 12 results for this year.
CBSE statement said, “It is imperative for the students to understand their learning strengths and weaknesses; have realistic goals commensurate with their capabilities. Guidance and Counselling serve the basic needs of each individual as a unique entity as there are perceptible differences between the individuals in native capacities, abilities and interests.” It further added, “Equally significant are the changes within the individual during the course of time with maturity and exposure. Besides, Guidance also enhances positive attributes of an individual which help to build a positive self- image.”
The Career Guidance and Counselling Information Centre (CGCIC) in CBSE will lend a hand to ensure a Career Counselling cell in every school, create awareness of the career portal to promote the usage among students and also chalk out different offline strategies of providing uninterrupted guidance facilities to students, it added.
Students can access the portal via CBSE’s main portal, i.e. cbse.nic.in. All CBSE School students will be able to sign up on the portal with their details and access a personalised career dashboard that will also be accessible to teachers and administrators. Career Counsellor or Teacher Dashboard will also be present on the portal. According to the information released by CBSE, Two teachers or counsellors per school will be trained on the portal through a digital training session and given a personal counsellor dashboard to access the entire career curriculum and use it to guide the students for their career queries. This will build their knowledge base on career guidance.
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