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In the present scientific age, increasing complexities of life are becoming responsible for the need of guidance and guidance has been a vital aspect of education. The country's success in various fields depends on the proper guidance of adolescents. The students need guidance at each step of their life and mainly when they are in the growing and changing period of their life. The adolescents of today are the potent hope of the future and hence cannot be ignored in their guidance needs. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are the residential schools and the students studying in these schools are away from their family members. The focus of present research paper was to study the guidance needs of adolescents studying in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in Himachal Pradesh. A sample of 350 students of class 10+2 was selected from four Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in Himachal Pradesh. The results of the present study revealed that the male and female adolescents studying in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas have maximum need for vocational guidance and male adolescents have more need for guidance in psychological area than their female counterparts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adolescence is a crucial developmental period characterized by intricate transformations.The goal of the study was to evaluate the association between socio- demographic characteristics and emotional adjustment among school-aged adolescents. In order to accomplish this, R.V. Patil's Emotional Adjustment inventory was administered to 100 school-aged teenagers (14-19) from Trissur District, Kerala, India. To investigate youngsters' emotional adjustment within their socio-demographic profile, the mean, standard deviation, and T-test were employed.Findings: The majority of school students (51 percent) showed a low level of emotional adjustment skills, according to the mean score. In terms of gender and residence area respondents revealed a substantial correlation.Application: This study paves the way for further research into the link between emotional adjustment and socio-demographic profile, as well as their impact on teenagers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We examine correlations between the receipt of remittances from internal migrants and human capital investment in rural areas of India. We employ a propensity score matching approach to account for the selectivity of households into receiving remittances. We find a positive correlation between remittances received from internal migrants and the schooling attendance of teens. The magnitude of the correlation is greater when focusing on low-caste households, and male schooling attendance in particular becomes more positive and statistically significant. Our findings provide a basis for establishing future research in the areas of migration and social protection in India. ( JEL O15, J24, R23) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The results of the fourth cycle of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) revealed that an unacceptably large number of adolescent students in two states in India—Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu—have failed to acquire basic skills in reading, mathematics, and science (Walker, 2011). Drawing on data from the PISA 2009 database and employing multivariate left-censored tobit regression as a data analytic strategy, the present study, therefore, examined whether or not the learning strategies—memorization, elaboration, and control strategies—of adolescent students in Himachal Pradesh (N= 1,616; Mean age = 15.81 years) and Tamil Nadu (N= 3,210; Mean age = 15.64 years) were linked to their performance on the PISA 2009 reading, mathematics, and science assessments. Tobit regression analyses, after accounting for student demographic characteristics, revealed that the self-reported use of control strategies was significantly positively associated with reading, mathematical, and scientific literacy of adolescents in Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. While the self-reported use of elaboration strategies was not significantly associated with reading literacy among adolescents in Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, it was significantly positively associated with mathematical literacy among adolescents in Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Moreover, the self-reported use of elaboration strategies was significantly and positively linked to scientific literacy among adolescents in Himachal Pradesh alone. The self-reported use of memorization strategies was significantly negatively associated with reading, mathematical, and scientific literacy in Tamil Nadu, while it was significantly negatively associated with mathematical and scientific literacy alone in Himachal Pradesh. Implications of these findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given the current status of HIV infection in youth in India, developing and implementing HIV education and prevention interventions is critical. The goal for School-based Teenage Education Program (STEP) was to demonstrate that a HIV/AIDS and alcohol abuse educational program built with specific cultural, linguistic, and community-specific characteristics could be effective. Utilizing the Train-the-Trainer model, the instructors (17–21 years) were trained to present the 10 session manualized program to primarily rural and tribal youth aged 13–16 years in 23 schools ( N = 1,421) in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh in India. The intervention had a greater impact on girls; girls evidenced greater communication skills and a trend towards greater self efficacy and reduced risk taking behavior. The STEP has been successfully adapted by the community organizations that were involved in coordinating the program at the local level. Their intention to continue STEP beyond extra funding shows that utilizing the local community in designing, implementing and evaluating programs promotes ownership and sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article stresses the importance of proper education and healthcare for adolescents, because they are considered important for nation building. It cites that the discourse on adolescent health is often affected by various challenges and multi-disciplinary nature of interventions. It stresses the need for the Indian government to collaborate with professional bodies that will support them in reaching out to the adolescent population. The role of pediatrician in the said efforts is discussed.