Guidance counselling in basic education
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Your child will receive guidance counselling throughout basic education. In grades 1 and 3, the class teacher is primarily responsible for the accumulation of learning skills and for guidance counselling as well as cooperates closely with the home. In grades 3 to 6, the class teacher focuses their teaching, if necessary, on subject choices and study weightings as per the allocation of lesson hours ...
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Primarily, the guidance counsellor will assess the need for enhanced individual guidance counselling. The guidance counsellor guides your child and advises you in the joint application, if necessary. You can read more about the joint application and enhanced guidance counselling on the page Applying for further studies.
If necessary, contact your school’s guidance counsellor directly if you have questions related to guidance counselling, enhanced guidance counselling or the joint application. The contact information is available in Wilma and on the school’s website.
Background information
The pupils in basic education are entitled to guidance counselling. In addition to the guidance counsellor, the tasks of every teacher include guiding pupils in their studies and learning skills and proactively preventing problems related to studying.
Guidance counselling also includes supporting pupils’ self-confidence, personality growth, development and inclusion. Guidance is particularly vital at the transition points of education, in other words when moving from one school to another.
In lower comprehensive school, guidance counselling is usually provided in connection with other instruction and activities. In higher comprehensive school, the pupils have guidance counselling lessons, during which not only study skills and self-knowledge but also possibilities for further studies, occupations and working life are discussed. Each pupil also receives individual guidance on a one-to-one basis or in a small group.