A qualitative study of students' academic guidance based on the lived experience of school counselors

In the Iranian educational system, it is the duty of school counselors to students' education guidance in order to improve their academic/career readiness and achieve success. The aim of this study was to Phenomenology the lived experiences of 10 school counselors in Tehran in the academic year 2019-2020 by available sampling method. The themes were analyzed and the interviews were coded by Colaizzis' method and the result was 160 theme, 54 sub-categories and 24 main-categories. The main categories in four sections under the headings; 1-Necessities and requirements of the academic guidance program, 2-Competencies required by students, 3-Factors related to school and family, and 4-Existing academic guidance challenges were formulated. Two sections; The necessities and requirements of the program, and the competencies required, are in alignment with similar foreign research, but in relation to Internal research, these two areas are innovative. Sections 3 and 4, which deal with related factors and challenges, align with internal and foreign research.