Till winter Semester 2005/06, the German Rectors‘ Conference counted 117 universities or
equivalent institutions, 158 universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen) 58 arts and music colleges, offering 9218 undergraduate courses and 2666 postgraduate and further education programs. This meager number of students, too, can not claim that they have been getting education according to their wishes/capabilities and possessive proficiency in the field of their specialization. Well, there has no major structural change in study guidance since the’’
New Skills for new future’’ report in 1998. Study guidance and counseling still consists of two aspects central student advisory services and faculty-based course counseling. The roles and qualifications in guidance and counseling have not been changed since the initial report. There is some need of specific advisory services, which provide the advisory services to those students who have motivation problems in their study behavior, study habits and academic achievement due to several reasons. These days the complexity of life has intensified the need of organized study advisory services. Students need to be motivated through proper study advisory service for developing good academic achievement and adequate preparation to succeed in goals. A Domain-specific self-concept is defined as student’s perceptions of their ability to
direct and control their motivation, cognition, affect,
and behavior in particular domains.