CAREER COUNSELLING AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (CCES)
Vision-Mission
The CCES provide counselling and careers guidance to all students in Secondary Education and to other young people.
Counselling refers to the discipline that offers professional help and support to people so they can effectively cope with various problems and difficulties that might occur in their life. Career counselling is a long term process which needs to start early in one’s life. It helps young people to discover their personal needs, talents and interests and gain the necessary skills for effective decision making concerning their educational and career choices.
School Counsellors thrto secondary school students and young adults, to discover and develop their capabilitiesough individual or/and group counselling, provide:
Assistance , to identify their personal needs, their interests and expectations as well as to gain the necessary and objective information about their educational and future career.
Aid to the students/ young adults in dealing effectively with personal, family and interpersonal issues.
CCES at Gymnasiums, Lyceums & Technical and Vocational Education and Training Schools
School Counsellors offer their services in all the gymnasiums in the career counselling offices. Counsellors meet with students and parents for Career Counselling or/and personal issues and work closely with the school’s Principal, teachers and other services in order to improve and ensure students’ well-being. The School Counsellors are positioned in one or more schools.
Additionally, School Counsellors in Lyceums and Technical and Vocational Education and Training Schools, provide their students with updated information, related to their options and choices. They also inform the students about the entry requirements for the Public Higher Education Institutions in Cyprus, Greece. CCES also upload on their website the information provided by embassies and institutions regarding studies in Higher Institutions abroad.
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