School Guidance and Counseling in India : Historical Development, Current Status and Future Aspects

School guidance is developing very rapidly in many countries of the world. The school guidance assures a lot of importance for secondary schools as the Indian society is undergoing rapid changes, socially as well as economically coupled with the changes in the values and life style of people. At secondary level, there is though competition among the students to secure good marks and to select a bright future option and this leads to frustration among students. School guidance and counseling is very much important to help the students in over to know their abilities to come out of stress and problem and to lead them smoothly to pass the journey of education. Present paper studies the historical development, current status and future of school guidance and counseling in India.