School Counseling in Sri Lanka: Analysis of the past recommending a way forward

Despite a rapid increase in the number of school counselors in the recent past;procuring the service of school counseloris a luxury that many Sri Lankan schools cannot afford even to date. School counseling in Sri Lanka also faces new challenges in implementation due to its incapacity to reach generally agreed consensus on; training, ethical standards, role identity, counseling model, and structures for school counselors. Therefore,this paperaddresses several issues. First, it reviews a brief history of school counseling in Sri Lanka and describes its current status. Second, it explores current trends/ problems specific to Sri Lankan school counselingmilieu which has limited its progress. Third, it discusses societal and cultural concerns that are important to consider when implementing school counselingas a practice in Sri Lanka and provides recommendations to improve it.