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    Teachers practices for guidance and career counseling at secondary school level for students
    (UMT.Lahore, 2015) Ghulam Haider
    Everyone has been bestowed with different qualities by God. The selection of educational and professional career as per one’s personality, skills, and interest is the key to success in life. Unfortunately, there is no adequate system existing in Pakistani schools for proper guidance relevant to career counseling for the students as per their needs in majority of the schools except some schools who charged high fees. As a result, students choose those subjects which do not relate to their mental aptitudes. Many years are wasted due to this issue, and studies become a burden for students. In the context of Pakistan where literacy rate is low and many people don’t have adequate exposure to different careers and fields, it is difficult for parents to make the right decision for their child and as a result children are forced to study the subjects of their parents’ choice, or they are left at the disposal of others. Due to these reasons there is a need of proper guidance and career counseling for students at school level. The main objective of the study was to explore how schools are providing guidance and career counseling to their students for their better future direction. For this purpose a questionnaire was developed by the researcher. The scope of the study was delimited to all the private schools of Walton area of Lahore Cantt. The participants of the study were school teachers. Two hundred and fifty (250) questionnaires were distributed in different schools of Walton. With the help of SPSS, the researcher computed frequencies, applied t-test, chi-square, analyze the data and interpreted it. The results showed that the schools are paying attention to their students’ grooming and counseling them for their better future but there are some areas that need to be improved which are mentioned in the last section of the study.