COUNSELLOR’S PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS LEARNERS DEVELOPMENT IN ODL

ODL and traditional education system, both are working for learner's development. Teacher is working in traditional education system and Counselor is working in ODL education system. Counsellor's professional attitude is most important for learner development because he removes the query, problem and questions of learners. Y. C. M. Open University is established to provide education for learners in Maharashtra state in India. The objectives are, to find out the counselor's professional attitude towards learners development. And to find out the counselor's professional attitude between Men vs women, Arts, commerce, science and research discipline, and teaching experience. The scope of study was only YCMOUs counselor in Maharashtra state. Survey method has to be adopted for data collection. 226 counselor of YCMOU are selected randomly as a sample for this study. Own made Counselor's Professional Attitude scale is used. 30 items are in the Counsellor's Professional Attitude scale and out of 30 items, 13 items are positive format and 17 items are in negative format. The data has analyzed as per objective of study through Counsellor's professional attitude scale. The findings are, Counselor's Professional attitude have positive attitude towards learner's development.