Career guidance for dropouts, abuse survivors

Programme being run by trained career guides under CGACC

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the General Education Department has rolled out an extensive career guidance programme for school dropouts and sexual and physical abuse survivors in girls’ shelter homes under the Kerala Mahila Samakhya Society (KMSS). The society has two types of girls’ homes in every district, with one dedicated for school dropouts and comprising mostly tribal community members, and the other for sexual abuse survivors.Of the total 288 residents, the programme, largely meant for those who have passed SSLC and Plus Two, will benefit 142 at present. The programme is being run by trained career guides under the Career Guidance and Adolescent Counselling Cell (CGACC) of the General Education Department. “Rather than limiting to one-time career guidance,We plan to follow up their cases meticulously up to a point where they attain academic stability. We have already conducted sector-specific career orientation sessions largely with the help of women career guides and it has evoked very good response,” said Jeevan Babu, Director of General Education and KMSS.