“The initiative is part of ongoing efforts to provide consistent psychological and academic guidance to students even when regular classes are not in session,” it stated.
Heads of Schools (HoS) of government schools have been directed to ensure that regular EVGCs who report for duty during the vacation are granted ‘Earned Leave’ in lieu of this service, as per Central Civil Services Leave Rules. Guest EVGCs engaged for the initiative will be remunerated according to existing provisions, it stated.
Detailed instructions have been issued for maintaining records of the counselling sessions. Counsellors are required to document each session, including the student’s ID, class, nature of their concern, subject or career choices discussed and whether parental counselling was provided, it said.
The department also directed school principals must compile this data and forward it to their respective District Counsellor-in-Charges (CICs), who will further consolidate it at the district level and report to the EVGB, it added. PTI SHB HIG