| dc.description.abstract | The secondary school students are falling victims to
many kinds of problems. There have been strikes, riots
and other forms of student unrest in the Kenyan schools.
The students, teachers, parents and church leaders do not
want to be held responsible for this phenomenon. But,
what is the role of each of these people 1n ensuring that
students develop wholesomely? The need to help students
to understand themselves and solve their psychological,
social, spiritual, physical, intellectual and economic
problems is acknowledged, yet many people do not know what
is being done towards achieving that goal.
This thesis is a result of both Library and field
research and it contains a study of Christian Pastoral
Care and Counselling as practised 1n some 39 selected
secondary schools in Machakos District. Chapter one 1S an introduction to the study. Chapter
two serves as an introduction to both adolescence
psychology and pastoral care and counselling to
adolescents, as proper provision of these services to
students presupposes sound knowledge of adolescence
psychology and the skills of providing ideal christian
pastoral care and counselling. The chapter serves as a
background to studying what 1S happening in the selected
schools.
Chapters three and four describe the pastoral care
and counselling provided in the schools studied. There is
an analysis of the personnel who provide them, the
activities through which they are provided, some bodies
and subjects which contribute towards their provision, the I
resource materials used and, the involvement of different
christian churches in providing them. The different
Chapter five contains a discussion about the
problems of students which need to be catered for by those
who provide pastoral care and counselling are discussed.
Some of the sensitive problems among students and,
upbringing and environment as causes of student problems
are described.
usefulness of the services under discussion, the attitude
of different people towards christian pastoral counsellors
and their work and, the problems which the christian
pastoral counsellors face.
The concluding chapter six contains a summary of the
research findings, conclusions from the research findings,
recommendations for improving christian pastoral care and
counselling for students and, suggestions for further
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