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pupils in the given school (1 hour for 150 pupils The standard activities of an educational coun-
and 5 hours for over 800 pupils) as set out in sellor include:
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the given Government Regulation � A Decree — career guidance and counselling on pupils'
provides for a wide range of standard educa- further educational and career paths
tional counselling activities, including practical —
activities and methodological guidance in the providing or arranging (entrance and con-
following areas: tinuous) diagnostics of special educational
needs and interventional activities for pupils
with special educational needs
The standard activities carried out by the
educational counsellor also include visits to — creating conditions for the integration of
the Labour Office Information and Counselling pupils with disabilities into a school; coordi-
Centre (Informační a poradenské středisko Úřadu nation of counselling services provided to
práce, IPS)� Guidance and counselling in a school the pupils by a school and school guidance
is focused on: establishments, and coordination of educa-
— prevention of failure at school tional measures for the pupils
— primary prevention of socio-pathological — passing on professional information from
the area of career guidance and care for
phenomena (or risky behaviour) pupils with special educational needs to
— career guidance and counselling integrating school educational staff�
education; informative and supportive help
on the choice of educational paths and Pupils and students may also use the services
subsequent careers of school counselling centres� For example, on
— expert support in the integration and request the PPP will assist pupils on issues con-
education of pupils with special educa- cerning their first choice of occupation� They are
tional needs (including pupils of different equipped with various psycho-diagnostic and
socio-cultural backgrounds and those from other tools to identify their interests, education-
disadvantaged socio-economic back- al and vocational orientation and discuss the
grounds) results with minor children in the presence of
— overseeing the education of gifted and their parents� Unlike the IPS, PPP do not have
exceptionally gifted pupils information on the labour market� SPC only oc-
— continuous and long-term care of pupils casionally provide career counselling and then
with low academic achievements and crea- only to pupils who are their clients�
tion of conditions for improvement The empowerment of Career Management
— methodical support for teachers in the Skills within the primary school curricula is
application of psychological and special realised through following education areas: Man
educational knowledge and skills to the and his/her world, Man and society, and Man and
school educational activities� 54 the world of work� Similarly, CMS are developed
at the secondary level of education� Since the
academic year 2010/11, the secondary school
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specifying the scope of direct pedagogical, curriculum has included a subject entitled
educational, special pedagogical and peda- “Introduction to the world of work” and lower
gogical-psychological activities carried out by secondary education has introduced a subject
pedagogical staff entitled “Career path selection”� In addition, pu-
53 Decree No� 72/2005 Coll�, on the provision of pils may attend various educational fairs, open
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counselling services in schools and school days at schools, job brokering events, etc�
guidance facilities
54 https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eury-
dice/index.php/Czech-Republic:Guidance_and_
Counselling_in_Early_Childhood_and_School_Ed- 55 https://cumulus.cedefop.europa.eu/files/
ucation vetelib/2016/2016_CR_CZ.pdf

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