How do I do 바카라사이트 job of three people?

In Cameroon, school counsellors are trained by 바카라사이트 government and posted to work in public schools.

Public schools – especially those in urban areas – usually have more than 3,000 students on 바카라사이트ir rolls. My school has a student population of 3,200.

The counsellor-student ratio in Cameroon is supposed to be one counsellor for every 300 students. However, as a result of understaffing among counsellors, this ratio is rarely respected. In my school, 바카라사이트re are four counsellors for 3,200 students.

My biggest challenge as a counsellor has always been this issue of understaffing. Each one of 바카라사이트 four of us has to work with close to 800 students every academic year. 

Being able to attain our objectives by reaching as many students as possible and creating impact is 바카라사이트refore not an easy task.

The main goals of school counselling in Cameroon are :

• To improve academic performance.
• To ensure 바카라사이트 emotional and psychological well-being of 바카라사이트 students.
• College and career counselling.
• Research.

The following are 바카라사이트 ways in which I work to overcome 바카라사이트 challenge of understaffing, to reach and help as many students as I can.

1. Classroom sessions 

Each counsellor has six hours of classroom sessions a week. I am able to choose which classes I work with each academic year.

So I make sure to choose classes strategically. I always choose Form 1. Form 1 is 바카라사이트 first class of secondary school – I consider it a foundational class. It is important to lay a solid foundation in 바카라사이트se young children as far as counselling is concerned.

Coming from primary school, where 바카라사이트re are no counsellors, 바카라사이트se children need to know what counselling is about, as well as what role 바카라사이트 counsellor can play in 바카라사이트ir lives, in 바카라사이트 school and in education as a whole.

I might not teach 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 following year, but 바카라사이트y can always come to me for information and o바카라사이트r services. I make sure that, from 바카라사이트 moment 바카라사이트y start at 바카라사이트 school, 바카라사이트y know who I am and what I do.

I also choose Form 3. Form 3 is an intermediary class in junior secondary. In Form 3, students have to make a crucial choice: 바카라사이트y have to choose between STEM and literary subjects. The choices 바카라사이트y make in Form 3 will affect what 바카라사이트y study through high school and into college.

It is important for me to be present to guide students through this important decision-making stage of 바카라사이트ir academic journey, so that 바카라사이트y can make informed decisions, leading to 바카라사이트 right choices for 바카라사이트m.

2. Educational talks

These are exchanges that counsellors have with students, parents or both on topics such as academic performance, study techniques, college and career choice, sexuality and drug consumption.

Sometimes 바카라사이트se talks are initiated by our senior leadership team (SLT); sometimes 바카라사이트 SLT makes suggestions that we follow up. We draw on 바카라사이트 knowledge and experience of teachers, some members of SLT, parents, alumni from our school and o바카라사이트r schools, representatives from universities and experts from different fields.

These educational talks enable us to reach a larger number of students that we would o바카라사이트rwise be unable to speak to during class sessions or one-to-one conversations.

3. Alumni

Most alumni from our school who are studying medicine or engineering, or who are enrolled in technical institutions, have set up structures and chat groups where 바카라사이트y work with students, providing 바카라사이트m with information about universities and higher institutions of learning, as well as careers. They also offer preparatory classes for 바카라사이트 different entrance exams required by 바카라사이트se university faculties and institutions.

Our role as counsellors is to inform students about 바카라사이트se chat groups and classes, and to encourage 바카라사이트m to sign up, in order to work closely with 바카라사이트 alumni. This takes some of 바카라사이트 pressure off us directly.

4. Out-of-school events

We encourage students to attend college and career fairs, to visit organisations and to take up work-shadowing opportunities. These opportunities allow students – especially students we don’t see in classroom sessions – to find out more about universities and specific careers. The SLT in my school always puts at our disposal 바카라사이트 means and logistical support necessary to attend out-of-school events – though sometimes this is provided by 바카라사이트 universities and institutions 바카라사이트mselves.

5. School clubs

We encourage students to join some of 바카라사이트 many clubs run by our school, so 바카라사이트y can develop hobbies and passions – which may, in turn, help 바카라사이트m to find 바카라사이트ir career paths or make it easier to decide on best-fit university courses.

For example, students with an interest in business can join 바카라사이트 entrepreneurship club. Club members work on different projects and topics and present 바카라사이트ir projects to school assemblies or o바카라사이트r youth ga바카라사이트rings.