Academic Counseling

An academic member has a great responsibility in keeping the mental confidence of students regarding both academic problems and his personal problems affecting the education. Counseling students on academic matters and personal matters is an important responsibility of an academic member. Counseling is a complex procedure which should be done with proper knowledge and skills. Counseling can be simply defined as the process of developing relationships with people to empower them to maintain better mental health, career development, personality etc. It's a very collaborative relationship between the student and the academic member. There are different forms of counseling such as individual counseling, marriage counseling, family counseling, group counseling etc. But as lecturers most of the time we have to conduct individual counseling for students which basically focusing on growth of mental health of the particular student. Academic counseling is basically guiding a student for the educational process of the university. This is not the general counseling we do in the class rooms but a counseling process to assist a particular student for learning. The responsibility of the academic counselor is to help the student to move forward in university academic path. Academic counselors need very good experience in the educational system. I strongly believe counseling is a skill which should be developed with the experiences gained through the university system and also under the guidance of senior student counselors.