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UGC Approved Sr. No.49366, MAR–APR, 2018, VOL- 5/44

SOCIAL GUIDANCE CONCEPT AND ITS NEED IN SOCIAL LIFE

Mr. Govind Singh

Assistant Professor, Venkteshwara College Of Education, Rajpur Sonipat & Research
Scholar (Edu.), Jaipur National University, Jaipur, [email protected]

Inferiority complex, over dependency, antisocial behaviour, deviant sexual behaviour, and social
outbursts are some of the social problems. The common cause for these problems is social
environment of the adolescent. The clash between adult expectation of the adolescents and their own
standards result in social adjustment. Social adjustment is also linked with the adolescents' home and
school relationship. Poverty, parental indifference, physical and mental disability are also other
causes for social maladjustment. Adjustments in social setup, developing interpersonal relationship,
positive attitude towards the values are the expected social qualities of a normal citizen in any
society. The process of socialisation involves nurturing of likes and dislikes, interests, attitudes,
values, goals and aspirations in the hearts of adolescents. If the social needs of the students are not
properly fulfilled, they become socially maladjusted. Thus to avoid maladjustment of the adolescent,
proper nurturing of social qualities by parents, teachers, peers and elders in the society is to be done.
The present research paper has made an attempt to share the thoughts with the intellectual forum and
extend help to the student community. It will be helpful for students and teachers at undergraduate
and post graduate levels.
Keywords : development, Attention, society, adjustment ,Self-development , social problems.

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Meaning of Guidance
Guidance is basic terrn which means helping people to make wise choices and solve their
educational, vocational and personal problems. It is a process by which the individuals are
assisted in making adequate adjustments to life's situations. It is an organised service which
aims at helping the individuals understand themselves which means enabling when to know
there abilities, aptitudes, interests, perceptions, needs, purposes, their assets and limitations.
According to Ruth Strong “Guidance is the process of helping every individual
through his own efforts.
According to Fowler “Purpose of guidance is to help the students to make more
favorable adjustments.
Analysis of Definitions
• Guidance focuses our attention to the individual and not on the problems.
• Guidance leads to discovery of abilities of an individual.
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• Guidance is based on interest, abilities, assets, needs and limitations of the individual.
• Guidance leads to self direction and self development.
Characteristics of Guidance
There are some important features of guidance given below :
 It is process of helping the individual in affecting changes in him.
 It helps in bringing excellence among people.
 It is helping an individual to find his place in the society.
 It is assisting the individual to adjust himself in the society.
 It helps in developing the abilities and potentialities of the people.
 It is helping the individual to establish harmonious relationship. . '
 It is promotion of the growth of the individual in self direction.
 It is a point of view that includes a positive attitude towards children.
 Its programme has a structure, system and personal.
 Its programme its to manage and organise the individual personality for the
development.
 It provides listing counseling, educatinal and vocational information placement and
follow up services.
scope of guidance
Guidance are meant to help students to make proper adjustments with the environment in
which they are living. Every person, at some time or other, needs help to become more
creative and for better adjustment with his family.
The scope of guidance can be described as its areas :
1. Social Guidance : Social guidance is the guidance to students to enable them to make
substantial contributions to the society, assume leadership, develop healthy and positive
attitudes, respect the opinions and sentiments of other, acquire traits of patience, perseverance
and friendship. The main purpose of social guidance is to become an efficient and good
hearted citizen.
2. Educational Guidance : Educational Guidance refers to the guidance to students in all
aspects of education.
3. Vocational Guidance : Activities and programmes outside the formal classrooms provide
many opportunities for the blossoming of talents of students. They may use their valuable

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time in many activities like playing mind games, fine arts, drama which have recreational
value also. By this students can develop their abilities also.
4. Vocational Guidance : Vocational Guidance plays a role for students to acquire
information about career opportunities, career growth and training facilities.
5. Health Guidance : Health guidance focuses on enabling students to appreciate conditions
for good health, and take step for ensuring good
6.personal Guidance : Personal guidance is the assistance given to an individual to solve his
personal problems, such as emotional and social adjustment, economic and social relationship
and problems connected with his physical as well as mental health
Meaning of Social Guidance
Students must acquire certain social qualities and experiences to live in the society. These
include, adjustment in social set up, building interpersonal relationship, positive attitude,
values, honesty and co-operation. Social qualities and experiences are mostly acquired
through the process of socialization. Students likes and dislikes, interests. Attitudes, value,
goals and aspirations are nurtured through the process __of socialization. It these are not
nurtured through the process of socialization. -It these are not nurtured properly, students
may fail to achieve social maturity. If their social needs are not'properly fulfilled, the students
become socially maladjusted. It will affect adversely his life career. Social guidance is the
assistance given to students to_ develop a variety of social characteristics such as values, life
philosophy, interpersonal relationship etc., in order to enable them to adapt themselves to
their environment and make substantial contributions for its growth and prosperity one of the
purposes, of educational is to train students to become efficient of the society in which they
have to live.
Most of the social problem of students can be attributed largely to faulty socialization and
improper nurturing of social qualities by parents, teachers and peers. Many of the
opportunities to fulfill social needs are generally lacking in homes and educational
institutions. Qualities such as honesty, co-operation, courage, loyalty, kindliness, feeling of
identification, etc., do not get proper nourishment, resulting in maladjustment of students.
Social guidance programme is mainly directed to meet all these inadequacies.
Function of Social Guidance
A well organized social programme is in educational institutions can be expected to take care
of the following. The social guidance function are as follow :

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(1) To provide assistance to students for social adjustment.

(2) To help in developing proper attitude towards life and society.
(3) To assist students in acquiring desirable set of value and developing a positive life
philosophy
(4) To assist students to maintain good, harmonious relationship with members of the family,
peers another members of the society of which they are members.
(5) To assist students to understand their right and obligations to the society
Objectives of Social Guidance
The following are the main objectives of sOCial guidance:
(1) To help in social adjustment.
(2) To develop desirable attitudes and values.
(3) To improve the interpersonal relationship.
(4) To plan for future. social life.
(5) T o maintain good health and habits.
(6) To plan for leisure time activities.
Three groups of social needs have been identified which are vital for social and emotions
well being of an individual.
(1) The need for interpersonal satisfaction.
(2) The need for group status.
(3) The need for self-development and career making.
Social Needs and Social Life
Socially motivated students can get along well with themselves and others. Such students
generally do not have problems of social adjustment. Students studying in polytechnics have
a variety of social needs which are ' 'Vital for their well being. These include security,
affection, recognition, Isupport, belongingness, esteem and social acceptance. These Can be
classified as:
(1) Need for Interpersonal relationship,
(2) Need for Group status, and
(3) Need for Self-development.
(1) Interpersonal Relationship-Students seek love and affection from those individuals who
are close to them and matter much to them If the needs for love and affection as fulfilled,
they feel warm and socially accepted. This increases their internal strength to inteiact and

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communicate freely With fellow beings. In order to get the much needs love and affection
from Other, students should be capable of maintaining harmonious interpersonal relationship.
(2) Group Status-Students have to develop a system of interpersonal relations in their social
sphere of purposes of satisfyng their social needs As members of age group every student is
assured of being accepted by his peers. If he is not a member of some group he becomes
lonely, loses self confidence and starts to questions his own adequacy It has been prOved
EXperimentally that when students are cut off from soCial and perceptual Stimulation for
along tie they experience intellectual deterioration, hallucination and impairment of problem
solving abilities.
(3) Self-development-Due to a growing awareness of their potentialities and capacities
students have a' compelling urge to engage in some activities to test and use their
potentialities. They pursue self-initiate and self-directed activities which give them a feeling
of personal worth. If the self-development needs like achievement, independence, personal
recognition, adequacy, self-respect are not properly fulfilled social problems are likely to
occur.
Social Life of an Individual
Students of today are different from those of earlier times due to the changes 1n the society
and their exposure to a variety of intellectual pursuits Advancement of technology has
brought us together beyond space and time. Competition has enormously increased in all
fields. Old values and beliefs are facing a lot of challenge in the fast changing technological
developments also get reflected in the school environment. Students have to adjust to the .
social climate of the institution which is different from their earlier school climate. This
demands a mature behaviour. on the part of students.
Students studying in an institution have different cultural backgrounds as they come from
different family backgrounds and these affect the interactions in group situations In the
school existing social norms exert pressure on students to abide by the norms. Deviated from
the norms by any of the group members will mean rejection by the group.
Type of Social Problems
Social problem can be classified as follows :
(1) Inferiority Complex- A student having inferiority complex has a deep rooted feeling of
inferiority which reflects in his curricular and cocurricular activities. He is apologetic and
tends to annoy people with his whining and self-deprecating tactics. He feels nervous and

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uncomfortable at social gatherings and he quickly withdraws from social contacts. Some.
students develop certain type social contacts. Some stUdents develop certain types of
compensation behaviour. They develop a type of forced aggressiveness to cover up their
feeling of inferiority.
(2) Eccentricism -Theeccentric students show their chracteristics in mannerisms, appearance
and habit pattern. They show disregard for what others think of them. They are highly
prejudiced persons. This category of students know that they are different from others.
(3) Overdependency-Students who exhibit characteristics of overdependency are dominated
by fear and insecurity. They lack confidence for undertaking any activity and seek protection
form others in carrying out the work. The overdependent students are mostly emotionally
immature. They behave like emotionally unstable students. They get relief from their tensions
through physical expressions such as tremors, stuttering, nail biting, ear pulling and other
nervous mannerisms.
(4) A Social Behaviour or Delinquency-The behaviour of the social group endangers not
only their own personality but also the welfare of others. Students belonging to this category
are impulsive, emotionally immature, irresponsible and unethical.
(5) Deviant Sexual Behaviour-Some students attempt the release their tensions through
socially disapproved forms of sexual gratification. Such as they may pass remarks on the
members of the opposite sex and getpleasure in teasing. In extreme cases they develop the
habit of faulty differentiation and sexual perversions.
(6) Amoral Behaviour-Students whose behaviour is amoral exhibit traits such as dishonesty,
stealing, etc. Students having social problems of this category do not keep up their promises.
They may be restless, jumpy, greedy and pessimistic. Such behaviour can be attributed to a
lack or moral ' development in them. Development of super ego, i.e.,' morality is very
important for healthy social adjustment.
(7) Social ‘Outbursts- Sometime students exhibit social outbursts in the forms of strike,
protest, boycott of classes etc. These are common'now a days, which cause lot of disturbances
to the activities of the institution. Students at this stage are very sensitive due to their social
and emotional development. At the same time, due to lack of experience they cannot think of
the prose and cons of their involvement in Such antisocial they let out their tension by
shouting blaming, and sometimes by damaging institutional property.

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CONCLUSION
Young people grow up in a complex and fast changing society, where they often do not
understand what is happening, or what to do about it. The demands of living in such a world
create problems for young people, because they have few mechanisms and strategies for
adapting to them. Often they are not in control of their world. Young people experience many
problems in their families, at school, and in communities. The problems that may affect these
young people are: anxiety, stress, sexuality, alcohol and drug abuse, juvenile delinquency,
suicide, decision-making and problem-solving, setting goals, and interpersonal relationships
(including gender issues). These personal and social concerns make personal and social
guidance a necessity, not only in educational and vocational institutions but also in society as
a whole. Gender issues are dealt with extensively in the module on Gender Sensitivity.
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