Student guidance counselling

In student guidance counselling you get support in planning your future and further studies. Student guidance counselling is given to every student in basic education. In primary school the classroom teacher is responsible for guidance counselling. In lower upper secondary schools a student counsellor is responsible for guidance counselling.

The goal of student guidance counselling is to help you identify your own strengths and interests. Student guidance counselling increases your knowledge of the working life, your study skills, and your ability to make choices.

Student guidance counselling consists of group lessons and individual guidance. Your guidance counsellor will discuss with you, first and foremost, your options after basic education. The counsellor does not make your choices for you but helps you to clarify your own ideas and provides information about the different options available. If you need a more individual guidance, you can get intensified individual guidance starting in 8th grade.