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prepared step-by-step in the self-instructional manner. (ix). The instructions have to be prepared in such a manner that students are able to conduct the experiments correctly and accurately with little assistance of the counsellor. (x) Instruction charts are hung at the place of work and include: (a) description of the equipment, (b) detailed procedure to conduct the experiment, and (c) calculations. (xi) Counsellor shall guide and advice the students to accomplish part of the experiment at home, if the work demands. It would save their time in. the laboratory. (xii) Students have to be motivated in advance to go through the lab manuals and come to the laboratory well prepared to make the maximum use of their time. (xiii) There are certain experiments which do not require individual training and, therefore, have to be arranged in such a manner that a small group of students accomplishes the experiment. Each group does part of the experiment. It would also help to save time. (xiv) It becomes oligatory on part of the counsellor to make the students to learn the skills of the experiment.
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