St Thomas College , Bhilai , has a functional Guidance and Counselling Cell .
The following Guidance and Counselling programmes are conducted in the college .
- Pre-Marital Counseling for final year Students .
- Career Guidance
- Orientation for hostel students .
In addition , students as well as staff are encouraged to participate in outreach programmes such as family counselling for selected villages . The Cell is open to students for personal counseling as and when they require it
Activities
2018-19
Personal Guidance is given to students of the institution and local citizens. Beneficiaries- 13
Date- 7/08/2018 COUNSELING SESSION FOR FRESHHOSTEL INMATES
- General counseling session was done for the new inmates of the St. Mary’s girls hostel. Focus was given on the aspects of adjustment to the new environment and hostel mates.
- Beneficiaries- 80
Date- 8/09/2018 COUNSELING SESSION FOR HOSTEL INMATES
- All inmates of St. Mary’s Hostel were counseled on interpersonal relationship and adjustment.
- Beneficiaries- 170
Date-12/02/2019 COUNSELLING AND ADDRESSING PARENTS OF PRE PRIMARY SECTION OF DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, DURG.
- Talk focus on parent child relationship and child rearing.
- Beneficiary – 250-300 parents
Date- 10/08/2018 INTELLIGENCE TEST AND COUNSELLING SESSION AT GOVT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, MARODA TANK, BHILAI
- Beneficiaries- 60
Date- 29/04/2019 THE COORDINATOR OF THE CELL WAS INVITED TO CONDUCT A WORKSHOP AND AN ORIENTATION PROGRAM AT MGM RAIPUR FOR THE PARENTS OF 10TH AND 12TH CLASS.
- Parents were made aware of the examination stress of their wards and how to handle it.
- Beneficiaries- 150 Parent
2017-18
Personal Guidance is given to students of the institution and local citizens. Beneficiaries- 10
Activities of The Cell
Date-02/08/17 Counseling session for hostel inmates
- General counseling session was done for the new inmates of the St. Mary’s girls hostel. Focus was given on the aspects of adjustment to the new environment and hostel mates.
- Beneficiaries- 90 students
Date-4/8/17 Seminar on effect of Drug abuse on human body
- This program on the effects of drugs on human body was conducted for the B.Sc students.
- Beneficiaries- 120 students
Date-05/08/2017 Workshop Conducted for the Adhoc Faculty on the topic ‘Work-Life Balance’
- Attended by 28 staff members
Date-19/08/2019 Career Counselling Session conducted for the students of class 9-12 of Govt. Higher Secondary School, Pahandor, Dist. Durg.
- Beneficiaries- 110 students
Date-26/8/17 Counseling session on positive parenting at M G M Public School Shantinagar Bhilai
- Beneficiaries- 70 parents
2011 – 2016
Activities of Guidance and counseling Cell 2011 – 2016
July 2011 – Counselling session of Girls Hostel inmates
August 2012 – Counselling session of Girls Hostel inmates
November 2012 – Antinarcotic awareness drive, Government Higher Secondary School, Ruabanda, Bhilai
December 2012- Pre-Marital Counselling for final year students
December 2012- Village Junwani, Govt girls High School – Guidance on Mental health and positive thinking
July 2013 – Counselling session of Girls Hostel inmates
September 2013- Career counselling for interested students on Journalism and Mass Media. Resource person – Mr Sharma. Consultant, Govt of CG. Attended by BA, BCom, BBA, BSc – 250 students
December 2013- – Career in UPSE – DFO Ranjandgaon . (Attended by BA, BCOM, BBA, BSC, PG – 235 Students)
July 2014- Counselling session of Girls Hostel inmates
September 2014- Career counselling session for BBA and BA students – ‘How to crack CAT’, speaker Mr Sharad Sen Sharma, IIM Ahmadabad.– (87 attended)
January 2015- For BBA n BA students Careers in organizational Psychology- Industry Speaker – Ms Urmi Singh, Trainer and Brand Specialist in Unilever Mumbai.– (69 attended)
July 2015- Counseling session of Girls Hostel inmates
September 2015- Awareness program on Drug abuse (attended by 128 students)
September 2015- – Career counseling on Journalism and mass com by VC Kushabhav Thakre Univ. of Journalism n mass communication Raipur. (Attended by 143 school children of Bhilai)
October 2015- Counselling session on Overcoming barriers to effective Communication for BBA students
July 2016- Counsel ling session of Girls Hostel inmates
December 2016- Session on ‘Positive Attitudes’, Govt. Girls College, Durg.
The Guidance and Counseling Committee for 2016-17 of St. Thomas College, Bhilai is constituted as under:
- Dr. Debjani Mukherjee – Convenor
- Dr. Shiny Mendonce – Co-convenor
- Dr. Sheeja Varkey
- Dr. Joyamma John
- Dr. Bhuvana Venkatraman
- Dr. Sonia Popli
- Mrs. Seril Saji
- Mrs. Susan Ebison
- Mrs. Sunita Kshatriya
- Mr. Mahendra Kumar Ikhar