GUIDANCE SERVICE IN PAKISTAN
Chapter 32 GUIDANCE SERVICE IN PAKISTAN The Chapter at a Glance The guidance situation in Pakistan. Causes of indifference towards guidance services. Recommendations for improved guidance services. Our most fundamental need. Child needs some sort of guidance, be it through a wise teacher, a kind parent, an experienced counselor or through the specialized agency of a child guidance clinic. Provision of adequate guidance, as has been repeatedly pointed out, proves extremely beneficial to the individual, his family, the school and the community from the mental, physical, financial, social and cultural points of views. Conversely, an absence of any guidance whatsoever, or misguidance is replete with greatest possible hazards for the child and hence for everyone in the community. The Guidance Situation in Pakistan The situation with regard to the dearth of the available guidance services in Pakistan warrants serious consideration of all t