The Urgency of Guidance and Counseling at the Elementary School

This study aims to describe the counseling guidance services that establish formal education pathways at the elementary school level.This study uses qualitative research through literature.The implementation of guidance and counseling in primary schools has its own uniqueness but the structural position for counselors has not been found in primary schools.Referring to Ministry of Education and Culture 111 of 2014 concerning the regulation of service time proportions, characteristics of students at the elementary school level, interrelation of development tasks and students' independence competency standards (SKKPD), implementation of counseling guidance in primary schools, counseling teacher resources.The findings of this study are the importance of providing counseling guidance in primary schools that emphasizes laying the foundation towards physical and mental growth and development.Elementary school learning is essentially play oriented and provides opportunities to learn in an appropriate way.