Assesment of Practices, Problems and Prospects of Counselling Services in Some Selected Secondary Schools of Addis Ababa
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2004-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study is to assess practices, problems and prospects of
counselling services in some selected secondary schools of Addis Ababa.
The data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and focus group
discussion. 553 students, 154 teachers, 13 directors, 21 counsellors and 78
focus group discussion members were involved in the study. Various
statistical techniques both qualitative and quantitative such as Cronbach
Alpha Reliability Coefficient, Percentage, Standard deviation, Mean,
Coefficient of variation and Chi square test were used to analyse the data.
The outcome of the data analysis revealed that there are problems in
counselling activities (practices) and in the actual counselling facilities. For
instance, there are no professional counselling centres to refer students who
have difficult problems for better treatment. The counsellors lacked reference
materials on counselling in their school libraries. Moreover, the findings
show that there are a lot of practical activities carried out by the school
counsellors in the secondary schools. Detailed problems and prospects
related to counselling services were also identified.
Finally, both short term and long term major recommendations are
presented in order to improve the counselling services in the secondary
schools of Addis Ababa
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Education