Managing Guidance and Counseling Interventions in Public Secondary Schools in Nairobi
Abstract
The main objective of this study was to find out how management of guidance
and counseling interventions were carried out in public secondary schools in
Nairobi Province. With the banning of corporal punishments in education
institutionas a means of correcting behaviour by the MOEST in 2001; guidance
and counseling has become a necessary tool to deal with discipline in school.
The world .~hanging trends of life, Free Primary Education and the effects of
HIV/AIDS calls for education institutions to have well managed guidance
counseling services to deal with the affected, infected, orphans, the
disadvantaged students and the influx of students in the schools. Therefore, the
studywas to find out how teacher counselors in public secondary schools were
coping with this scenario. The study was conducted in 39 public secondary
schools from 8 administrative divisions; that is: Embakasi, Kamukunji, Starehe,
Westlands, Dagoretti, Langat, Kasarani and Makadara, The targeted group in the
study was one teacher counselor from each of the public secondary school. All
categories of secondary schools were included. A non probability sampling
technique was employed. Closed and open -ended questioners were used.
Observation method was used and discussions were held with individual
headteachers in their respective schools. Although guidance and counseling was
necessary in all public secondary school; the following results and conclusions
were reached: ??? Guidance and counseling teachers were overworked. Time to carry out
guidance and counseling was not allocated. The role of the teacher counselor
was not clearly known.
??? Extra- curricular activities were important to enhance guidance and
counseling; however, lack of time and resources such as, playing fields were
limited.
??? Although. headteacher are custodians of guidance and counseling, they
lacked training skills to handle students' needs. There is need for the MOEST
in conjunction with the P.T.A. to design better ways of dealing with students
needs in guidance and counseling interventions in public secondary school.
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
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