What are the requirements to be a college counselor now?

(1) Have high political quality and firm ideals and beliefs, resolutely implement the party’s basic line and various principles and policies, and have strong political sensitivity and political discernment;

(2) Have a bachelor's degree or above, love the ideological and political education of college students, be willing to contribute, devote themselves to educating people, and have a strong sense of professionalism and responsibility;

(3) Have the ability to engage in ideological and political education A wide range of knowledge reserves in relevant disciplines, mastering the basic principles and basic knowledge of relevant disciplines of ideological and political education, mastering the basic theories, knowledge and methods of ideological and political education, mastering the theories and knowledge related to the sinicization of Marxism, and mastering the ideological and political education of college students Practical relevant knowledge, master knowledge of relevant laws and regulations;

(4) Have strong organizational management capabilities, language and written expression skills, as well as educational guidance capabilities, investigation and research capabilities, and have the ability to carry out ideological and theoretical education and value The ability to lead work;

(5) Have a strong sense of discipline and rules, abide by the law, be upright, have a decent style, be honest and self-disciplined.

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The social background of college counselors:

In 1961, a special document was issued at the Lushan Conference of the Party Central Committee, proposing the establishment of full-time counselors in various colleges and universities. , and was implemented; during the Cultural Revolution, ideological and political work was exploited by the "Gang of Four", and the reputation of ideological and political work was damaged; in 1978, the State Education Commission issued a document to restore the counselor system in colleges and universities, because the original ideological and political work talents before the Cultural Revolution ( Including counselors) serious job transfer.

As a result, professional teachers mainly work part-time as political counselors. The work of counselors is no longer just about political work, but gradually transforms into ideological and political education. In 1987, a document was issued to improve and strengthen the ideological and political education of college students, and the positioning of political counselors remains unchanged.

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