Factors Influencing Students Access To Guidance And Counseling Services In Secondary Schools In Central division, Machakos District Kenya
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Date
2013
Authors
Muema, Elizabeth
Kiilu, Redempta
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International Knowledge Sharing Platform
Abstract
The main focus of this study was to examine the factors influencing students’ access to guidance and counseling
services provided in secondary schools, private and public in Central Division Machakos District. The youth in
secondary schools face a lot of problems and challenges as this is the developmental stage which coincides with
tremendous changes in the process of growth.
The ministry of education has issued guidelines for secondary schools to set up departments to provide guidance
and counseling services to students. Within the schools the services are provided by an appointed teacher.
However it is not clear to what extent students make use of the available services, hence this study sought to find
out what motivated the students to seek the services and their perception of factors influencing their access to
these services.
The descriptive survey method of research was used. Stratified sampling method was used to randomly select 7
public and 4 private schools from which 20 form three students were randomly selected from each school. The
teacher in charge of the guidance and counseling were purposively selected from every school. Questionnaire
and interview schedules were employed as data collection instruments. Data was analyzed using the Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
It was found out that 61 % of the students accessed counseling services in their respective schools. Access was
found to be determined by gender of the student and type of school. Subject teachers and parents influenced
students to seek counseling services. One of the recommendations was that of lighter curriculum workload be
adopted for guidance and counseling services providers in the schools.
Description
A research article published in Journal of Education and Practice
Keywords
Guidance, counseling, secondary schools, students, Teacher counselor, access
Citation
Muema, E., & Kiilu, R. (2013). Factors influencing students access to guidance and counseling services in secondary schools in central division, Machakos district Kenya. Journal of Education and Practice, 4(5), 73-79.