National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is going to start Diploma Course in Guidance and Counselling. NCERT has announced the launch of Diploma Course in Guidance and Counseling (DCGS) for school teachers and counseling professionals. This course is scheduled to start from January 2027. The purpose of launching this course is to train teachers and other professionals involved in the field of education to understand and solve the academic, socio-emotional and moral problems of students.

Come, let’s know what is the objective of starting Diploma Course in Guidance and Counseling (DCGS) and what is the focus of this course. How this course will be conducted will be known.

Preparation to develop students’ skills in understanding emotions

The main objective of launching Guidance and Counseling Diploma Course by NCERT is to take steps towards reducing academic and social stress of students. In fact, there are many types of pressure on students nowadays. These include career challenges, comparisons with peers regarding studies and social status, exam pressure.

It is believed that if these problems of students are listened to carefully and given effective advice, their problems can be solved. In this direction this diploma course is being launched to develop these skills in teachers.

Talking about the curriculum focus of this course, it will train the teachers to solve the challenges related to academic problems of the students. Similarly, this course tends towards understanding the challenges of students related to social and emotional problems. In the course, teachers should develop such skills so that they can help students make good decisions, understand responsibility and develop positive behavior.

The one-year diploma course, run in hybrid mode, also includes an internship

The Guidance and Counseling Diploma course launched by NCERT is of one year duration, divided into three parts. This diploma course will run in hybrid mode. The first six months will be studied in distance mode. After that, there will be an opportunity to work face-to-face for the next three months and an internship for the next three months. Teachers can do internships in their home district.

Diploma course will be started in 6 centres

NCERT is going to start Diploma Course in Guidance and Counseling in its 6 Centres, under which this Diploma Course will be conducted in Delhi, Ajmer, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Mysore and Shillong Centres. 50 seats have been earmarked for diploma courses in each centre. However, after NCERT becomes a university, all these centers will function as colleges. In such a situation, the seats will also increase.