Assessmentof Counselling Needs among High School Students in Nyamira Division, Nyamira District, Kenya
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Date
2005
Authors
Orinah, Mong’are Evans
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
The current study was carried out to explore and assess the counselling needs of high
school students ill Nyamira Division, Nyamira District, Kenya. The chief aim was to
classify the categories of problems that are faced by these students and the strengths or
limitations designed to meet them.
The current study was designed to assess the counselling needs of' high school students,
The research was designed to find out the types or counselling needs high school students
had and the extent the counselling services in the school managed to attend to these
needs, Seven mixed secondary schools were selected using random sampling and one
single sex girls school was purposively selected, 80 students were randomly selected who
took part in the study, The study sample also included 8 teacher counselors and 8 head
teachers in the schools studied, The researcher employed a survey descriptive research
design and made use or the questionnaires, interview schedule and an observation
checklist to collect data,
The findings show that indeed high school students had counselling needs that ranged
from family to personal problems, It was also established that although all schools had
counselling rooms and some resource materials, these were rarely utilized in most cases
to meet the students' needs.
The implications of these findings were examined and recommendations were made to
improve the counselling services in schools.
Description
A Project Submitted to the Department of Psychology in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirement for Master of Arts (Counselling Psychology) Degree of Kenyatta University, 2005