Gender Dimensions in Guidance and Counselling among Students in Public Secondary Schools Public Secondary Schools in Githunguri District, Kiambu County
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Date
2013-11-09
Authors
Kinyanjui, Alice Wambui
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Abstract
One aspect of counselling in the educational system is to help boys and girls
alike, to develop their capacities to the full. However, little is documented on
the effect of gender factors in guidance and counselling among students in
public secondary schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate how
gender issues affect guidance and counselling among students in public
secondary schools in Githunguri District, Kiambu County. The research had
the following objectives; To find out the guidance and counselling issues
among students in public secondary; to investigate if there are gender issues in
guidance and counselling in secondary schools with reference to Githunguri
District, whether students' issues are adequately addressed by guidance and
counselling departments in secondary schools and to obtain views of teacher
counsellors and students on the enhancement of guidance and the counselling
departments. The research adopted a descriptive survey sample design by use
of both quantitative and qualitative methods. The target population were
public secondary school students in Githunguri District. Counsellor teachers
in public secondary schools were used as key informants in this study. Both
stratified and simple random sampling techniques were applied to select the
sample of the study. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed
using the statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).The findings are
presented using tables and frequency distributions to enhance clarity. The
study findings reveal that there are more female teacher counsellors than male
counsellors and more female than male students sought guidance and
counselling services. The study also revealed that students' issues are not
adequately addressed by the guidance and counselling programme. The study
recommends that secondary school principals should appoint more male
teachers in guidance and counselling and that in-service courses on gender
issues should be held for teachers who offer guidance and counselling services
in schools. It further recommends that school Principals should not engage
teacher counsellors in disciplinary activities since that amount to role conflict.
Finally students' issues should be kept secret by those entrusted in guidance
and counselling.
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Department of Gender and Development