The status of guidance and counselling services provided in senior high school in Sekondi Takoradi metropolis

Abstract

Evaluating the status of Guidance and Counselling services rendered at Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Schools would help reveal its strength and weaknesses to provide recommendations for improvement. This would in turn contribute to the improvement of students’ behaviour which will positively affect school attendance and academic standards of education. The study sample constituted 137 respondents. Lottery sampling was used to sample the students and to allow respondents to have equal chances of being selected. The administered questionnaire and the interview data were transcribed and simple frequency was used for analysis. The study brought to the fore the strengths and the weaknesses of Guidance and Counselling Services in the schools. The laudable aims of the Guidance and Counselling Services can be realized if frequent evaluation measures are employed to ascertain the implementation levels of the Guidance Services in the school. It was recommended that the services need to be strengthened to enable the individual students acquire knowledge, skills and desirable attitudes to help them develop their facilities to maximum, contribute to development and improvement in the quality life of themselves, their society and the nation.