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Co-Curricular

Guidance & Counselling

The importance of guidance and counselling should be taught to children and how it can help them shape their future journey. Schools 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, children are given advice on how to manage and deal with emotional conflict and personal problems.

Proper counselling will help 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 school and what to expect in the different fields they might opt for

Effective Benefits and Importance of Guidance & 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 particular issues surrounding their lives.

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

3. It helps to shape a student’s behavior and also instill enough discipline in them. Proper guidance helps them achieve their goals, well guided & counselled 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 school community. Thereby, they also learn to appreciate other people in their class.

5. It helps to bridge the gap between students and the school administration since they are able to guide their problems through a proper counselling 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 they are done with school.

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 counselling also make students better human beings since they are counselled 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 counselling. Therefore, counselling helps them ask without any fear since the person in charge is willing to help.

10. We also guide the students on what to expect on the internet, and how to deal with various aspects of internet and social media.

How do we achieve this?

  • Our teachers have been trained to scan and intervene in different areas of need in students during usual class interactions. This available to all Sunrise students and if an issue is noted, teachers intervene at the earliest possible and may involve our guidance and counseling department, and where need be, parents may be looped along.
  • We have full-time personnel who ensures to have a session with each Sunrise student at least once a semester.
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Kenya Office:
Piedmont Plaza, Ngong Road
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 704 007 008,
+254 706 007 008 or +254 718 007 008
Email: info@sunrisevirtualschool.com
UK Office:
128 City Road,
London,
EC1V 2NX,
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 203 907 7700

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