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EDIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 27
The All Nagaland Counsellors Association (ANCA) on Wednesday observed ‘Counselors Day’ at Kohima District Jail and Central Jail, Dimapur. The Counselors Day was observed with the rest of the counselors working in North-East region observing the day to mark respect for counselors and promote inner peace of individuals, mental well-being and peaceful social co-existence. The day is observed since 2010 being the foundation day of the North East Psychological Counselors Association (NEPCA). The day was observed by offering professional counseling services to the jail inmates of Central Jail, Dimapur and Kohima District Jail with an objective of giving psychological healing. Seven counselors each for Kohima Jail and Central Jail, Dimapur were made available for the jail inmates who received individual counseling services.
Earlier, an inaugural session was held where Zavise Rume, ANCA president and general secretary Rev Fr George Rino in their keynote address saluted the counselors who work for humanity and expressed the need for counseling services at home, churches, rehabilitation centres, hospitals and all educational institutions like schools, colleges, universities.
The felt an urgent need to establish a Cell in every Educational Department like SCERT, Directorate of School Education, Directorate of Higher Education, Directorate of Technical Education and University to cater to the needs of career development, psychological and emotional well-being of individuals in the present day of stresses and complexities.
The association also strongly supported the governments policies to appoint counselors in schools as recommended and emphasized by the National Policy on Education, 1986, National Curriculum Framework, 2000, National Curriculum Framework, 2005, Rashtriya Midhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
Guidance and Counseling as a paper or a unit is also important in the academic courses of study like BA, B.Ed, MA in Psychology courses. However, counseling is a highly specialized area of profession; therefore, this subject matter should essentially be handled by professionally qualified counselors, an ANCA official said.
It may be mentioned that the ANCA has been formed with primary objectives to create a common platform for counselors so as to explore and share the resources among the members, provide counseling services to the people of the state, promote professionalism in counseling and safeguard the interest of counselors working in the state.
