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THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL WORK DAR ES SALAAM RESEARCH REPORT TITLE: ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING TO THE STUDENT OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS. CASE STUDY TANDIKA WARD, TEMEKE STUDENT: MAPENGO HASHIMU Contact: +255714526379 E-mail [email protected] SUPERVISOR: MANYAMA WILLIAM i

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THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL WORK

DAR ES SALAAM

RESEARCH REPORT

TITLE: ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING TO THE

STUDENT OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

CASE STUDY TANDIKA WARD, TEMEKE

STUDENT: MAPENGO HASHIMU

Contact: +255714526379 E-mail [email protected]

SUPERVISOR: MANYAMA WILLIAM

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I wish to express my profound gratitude to almighty God and those who have contributed in

one way or another towards the fulfillment of this report. Particularly indebted to my

supervisor Manyama William, who under his supervision this report has become well.

I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to Mr. Alphonce Magambo, who taught me the

foundation of research that helped to understand the method and techniques of writing report.

The acknowledgement should also go to my entire family members, my best friends

especially Ngolo Hadhili, Suleiman Ally, Kiswigu Lusajo, Amin Ngomasere, Khalfan Sudy,

Queen Senzige, Mariki Davis, Neema Peter, Komba Magdalena, Mamboleo Mariam,

Innocent Kilewo, Nyange Abdallah, Mgomba Saidi, Kisamu Esther, Lucas Charles, Weston

Innocent my young brother Hassan Mapengo and especially to my lovely mother and late

father who helped me to accomplish this report.

Finally, I appreciate all the people who in one way or another contributed to the success of my

research work but because of time and space limitations in this report I have not displayed

their names. But I still recognize, appreciate and value their contributions. May the almighty

God grant them merits in all aspects of their lives according to their heart desires.

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ABSTRACT

The abstract explains the comprehensive Research report which has been conducted at

Tandika ward, Temeke and also this report include five chapters as follows:

The first chapter consists of introduction, background to the study, statement of the problem,

general and specific objectives, research questions, significance of the study, scope of the

study, limitation of the study and definition of terms and concepts to be used in this study.

Chapter two explains the literature review that is related to this research. It focus on general

concept, the factors that lead to the guidance and counseling to student and its challenges,

others factors for rise of guidance and counseling to students, different studies concern

guidance and counseling to students, development of guidance and counseling practice in

african schools and the role of guidance and counseling as the main topic.

The third chapter will deal with the research methodology and designed to be adopted in this

study. It describes the research procedure in terms of research approach, research design, and

population of the study, sampling technique as well as data analysis techniques. In this

research both English and Kiswahili has been used in order to facilitate data collection.

Chapter four consists of explanation introduction, demographic characteristics of respondents

and verification of research question, Analysis of the first Research Question which based on

first specific objectives, Analysis of the second Research Question which based on second

specific objectives, Analysis of the third Research Question which based on third specific

objectives, Analysis of the four Research Question which based on four specific objectives,

General suggestions and comment of respondents towards the use of guidance and counseling

programme in public schools.

Chapter five conclude with summary of the research report, recommendation to student,

parents, teachers, NGO’s, government, further researcher and conclusion of the study.

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DECLARATION

I Mapengo Hashimu, I declare that this comprehensive Research report is my original work.

Title “Assessment of the role of guidance and counseling to the student of public secondary

schools”. Case study Tandika ward, Temeke as the partial fulfillment of the requirements for

the award of Bachelor Degree in Social Work.

Date……………………………

Signature……………………

COPYRIGHT

©COPYRITY 2013, MAPENGO, HASHIMU

All rights reserved. No part of this work may be produced, stored in a retrieved system by any

means, photocopying, mechanically, electronically, recording, or otherwise, without permission of

the copyright owner.

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CERTIFICATION

The undersigned certifies that he has read and hereby recommends for acceptance by the

Institute of Social Work Research report Title “Assessment of the role of guidance and

counseling to the student of public secondary schools” for partial fulfillment of the course

as the requirement for the Bachelor Degree in Social Work.

………………………………

MANYAMA WILLIAM

(Supervisor)

Date………………………………

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DEDICATION

The report is specific dedicated to my late father Abdallah Mapengo. Rest in peace

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AIDS ……………………………..Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

BCC………………….…………….Behaviors Change and Communication

HIV …………………………… Human Immunodeficiency Virus

STD’S……………………………….Sexual Transmitted Diseases

ECA......................................................... Economic Commission for Africa

SGC…………………………………… School Guidance and Counselling

TV…………………………………….Television

USA……………………………….United States of America

UNESCO…………………United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

MCT………………………………. Multicultural Counselling and Therapy

NGO ………………………………Non-Governmental Organization

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CHAPTER ONE

1.1 INTRODUCTION

This chapter presents: introduction, background to the study, statement of the problem,

general and specific objectives, research questions, significance of the study, scope of the

study, limitation of the study, definition of basic terms and concepts to be used in this study.

1.2 BACK GROUND TO THE STUDY

Globally, the place of guidance and Counselling in the education system has been of great

concern in many European and American countries. Its presence in the system can be likened

to that of psychology in the USA in the late nineteenth century, when psychology as a

discipline was regarded as a branch of philosophy. Hence, to many educationalists in USA,

guidance and Counselling can be given by any teacher, whether a graduate or a non-graduate

teacher. A teacher in a school is appointed and is referred to as the ‘career master/mistress’ or

‘career adviser’. In most cases, he/she has no training and has no insight into the functions of

a guidance-counsellor.

Guidance and counseling have been part of secondary education in New Zealand since the

late 1960s. Their clients are students, staff and families in the school community. Their role

include:-Helping clients to explore their difficulties, concerns, and to develop their

capabilities and resilience, Fostering conditions in which a client can grow and develop as a

person, Offering leadership and sharing expertise in promoting positive relationships,

Promoting awareness of and respect for difference, Advocating for those who are

disempowered (Mertel,2007).

In Japan, the goal of guidance and counseling in high school is to "help every student to

develop abilities of self-understanding, decision-making, life planning, and action-taking to be

able to adjust in the career options he or she decides to pursue". In France, secondary school

counseling started in 1922 and by the late 1930, it was adopted by the educational system and

seen as a necessary part of the institution school counselors to assist students with vocational

guidance (Watanabe, etal p 101,2006).

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In Thailand, school counseling often incorporates advice-given by the teachers. In Israel,

school counselors devote one-third of their time to classroom instruction and the rest to

personal and social counseling. Career counseling is somewhat curtailed because students are

required to enlist with the armed services after high school. In Hong Kong, school counseling

and guidance is becoming more of a service that is incorporated into the whole school with an

emphasis on prevention. Turkey has a fifty-year history of counseling development. There is a

professional association that publishes a journal and sponsors conferences (Watanabe, etal p

101,2006).

In Africa, societies had various forms guidance and counseling that were provided for young

people and children, so that they could develop and grow into responsible and productive

members of their communities or ethnic groups. To function effectively in community, one

need to be aware of the values, beliefs and roles he/she had to play as a member of that

particular community,Many young boys and girls were socialized, or taught the ways of their

communities, as well as the various skills their forebears used to earn a living, or to provide

for their families. Initiation schools, for example, young people were taught things they

would need later on in their adult lives. For instance, they would learn about the history of

their ethnic group, how to relate to each other as boys or girls, and how to behave as adults, as

well as to know their responsibilities as parents or members of the community (Ministry of

Education, Botswana. 2007).

Skills in carving, hunting and other occupations needed later on in life were passed on to

young people by parents at different stages in the development of each child. Some of the

behaviour and skills were learnt either by observing adults, or acquired through other means

of training. Every community had its cultural-based social services for young people and

children. Among these culturally-based social services was the extended family system, in

which relatives played a significant part in providing guidance and counselling for the

young,the initiation schools/ceremonies introduced young people to the history of the ethnic

group, its customs and any other cultural activities that every member of the community

needed to know about, in order to live a successful life (Mapp-Robinson , 2008).

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There is, however, one consolation, and that is the realization by many African countries the

importance of guidance in schools and colleges. Beginning in the early eighties, the Economic

Commission for Africa (ECA) has organized a number of workshops and conferences on

guidance and counselling, both at the regional and country levels. These workshops and

conferences have made many people both in the public and private sectors aware of the need

for guidance in schools. Many African countries have now established guidance services in

schools. Some countries are far ahead, while others are still trying to catch up. The most

important thing is that there has been a re-awakening in countries to the problems facing the

youths, thus why some countries now train teachers in school counselling, so that they can

provide effective counselling and guidance (Shardanand, 2005).

In Tanzania, guidance and counseling began in the year of 1984 ( Omari 2008 ) It was soon

after the introduction of boarding schools that led to moral deterioration and existence of

HIV/AIDS pandemic which made people to lose hope and life. Twenty years ago the ministry

of health decided to introduce guidance and counseling at the University of Dar es salaam as

the way to overcome the problem. Guidance and counseling is now spread on educational

institution, what we can call expert guidance and counseling in Tanzania schools began in the

year 1984 following the National October 1984 Arusha Conference where advice and

counseling services were endorsed by the government as an integral part of the country's

instruction ideas.

The aim of the conference is to create systematic criteria for secondary schools students'

advice and counseling. Students were advised, guided and counseled on matters concerning

their job choice and learner placement for further education. This job was assigned to work

masters and mistresses as explained below, however, there were no adequate advice and

counseling personnel not only in the responsible ministry but also in the schools.

Guidance and Counseling is now becoming moderately institutionalized and spread in

educational institutions. Schools, for example, to a large extent taken over the task of

providing psychological retained to boys and girls, however Tanzania policies related to

advice and counseling is inadequate, the Ministry of Education, has somehow tried to

institutionalize the services within the instruction ideas by appointing work masters and

mistresses. He said that the personnel are expensive with the accountability of advising heads

of secondary schools concerning student’s job choice and placement for further education,

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to try and help students understand and create interest in appropriate jobs or further

instruction or training, to assess the students talents and capabilities and to encourage them to

pursue careers or further instruction best excellent to them and to help students solve their

personal problems which may sway their general improve in school (Biswalo, 2008).

The Tanzanian government have not yet formulated the instruction policy issues pertaining

advice and counseling in spite of the crucially and necessity in schools. Hence it’s emphasized

efforts direct towards fulfilling advice and counseling needs are apparently dissatisfied by

several difficulties together with financial resources to retain even established tiny counseling

activities in several schools.

1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Despite the efforts taken by the government to introduce opportunity for free and universal

primary education, conducting different work shop to the students, different research done by

organization and guidance and counseling, through the ministry of health and ministry of

education, the provision of this services (guidance and counseling) in secondary schools is not

good and clearly known. It’s due to the shortage of school counselor in secondary schools.

Apart from academic problems of failure and dropout of students from schools; other

numerous psych-social; vocational and personal-social problems abound among students in

our secondary schools. Parents and others in recent times have been so concern about

academic problems of students. The solution of these problems is always done by school

authorities and teachers while seeking of counselor’s attention is always ignored, because of it

many children go to school without knowing what they are supposed to do, leaving them

without any idea of what type of jobs or careers they should follow.

A majority of school leavers are not aware of their potential. There is a need to help young

people and children to understand themselves on their abilities, interests, personalities, values,

beliefs and potential. They should also be assisted to acquire the skills need in order to cope

with the different social, economic and cultural circumstances they may encounter later on in

life through guidance and counseling in schools Kawuki (2003).

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Studies conducted in Tanzania by different researchers such as Mugonzibwa, Kikwilu, Idd

(2007) and Hezron (2008) focused on the factors which influence career choice among

secondary school students. Hence, the part of career services provision in the country and its

role on career decision making among students is not yet to be addressed. That is why this

study sought to fill this gap by examining whether the career services provision in Tanzania

schools is a dream or reality by examining career services provision in government and

international schools.

The absence of guidelines for career services provision contributed to the failure in

establishing effective career programs. This is because teachers were appointed to be career

counselors without any training. In support of this observation Bailyn, as cited in Kidd (2006)

argues that individuals’ career emerge from the interaction between the individual agencies on

the one hand and the experience, constraining and enabling forces of the social context on the

other hand.

Therefore, with this situation where there is inadequate programs and trained career

counseling in schools students will remain ignorance when it comes to the matter of linking

their school content and the world of work.

Santrock (2005) both emphasize in the argument that, with changes in technology there are

many careers added in the world of work for example army, farming , driving , teaching

accountancy, banking, laws, engineering, clerical work and politics. Hence it is necessary for

individuals to be aware so as to help them in making informed career decision through

guidance and counseling.

Due to the fact that till today guidance and counseling is relatively new phenomenon in

Tanzania. The government should insist on guidance and counseling so as to get adequate and

qualified counselors in schools and other institutions.

1.4 RESEARCH GAP

Many studies examine the assessment of the role of guidance and counselling to students and

have shown that schools are faced with the problem of having few or no counselors,

especially public schools. The studies have revealed that, provision of counselling services is

done by teachers and it’s still unsatisfactory due to the poor economic status and rapid

urbanization particularly in developing countries.

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Due to the fact that many researcher look much on the on the poor economic status, low level

of income rather than the other things like the knowledge people have on the importance of

guidance and counselling services, the globalization influence the utilization of counselling

services. But the problem still exist day to day, thus why my study focus on the finding role of

guidance and counselling to students.

1.5 MAIN OBJECTIVE

The research aims to examine the role of guidance and counseling to the students of public

secondary schools.

1.6 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE

To examine the accessibility of guidance and counseling to the students of public

secondary schools.

To understand how guidance and counseling help students of public secondary schools

to succeed in their life and academic performance.

To understand how guidance and counseling help to encourage students of public

secondary schools to have good behavior.

To examine the participation/involvement of the teachers and students on the

implementation of guidance and counseling in public secondary schools.

1.7 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. How guidance and counseling is accessible to the students in public secondary

schools?

2. Does the provision of guidance and counseling in secondary schools helps the students

in their further future and improve academic performance?

3. How school guidance and counseling help student to change/modify their behavior?

4. How teachers and student are participating or involved in the implementation of

guidance and counseling in the school?

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1.8 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This work will improve the process of solving student problem and learning process in

secondary schools.

This research helps teacher and educational officer to deal with different problem in a

school according to the environment, for example to increase number of counselor in

schools.

This research will benefit the ministry of education and vocational training and

harmonize the ministry to emphasizing guidance and counseling in secondary schools.

Through this study governmental and non-governmental organizations will be able to

facilitate the creation of opportunities for guidance and counselling in schools.

The finding will also give the light to the planners, policy maker’s administrators and

other stake holders to have a clear understanding on importance of guidance and

counselling to the student of secondary schools.

The findings will provide the suggestion and recommendations on the possible ways

of improve guidance and counselling to the student.

1.9 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The study base on the investigation of guidance and counseling to the students of public

secondary school. It has been conducted at Temeke in Dar es Salaam. Temeke District is the

southernmost of three districts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with Kinondoni located to the far

North of the city, and Ilala located in the downtown of Dar es Salaam. To the East is

the Indian Ocean and to the South and West is the Coastal region of Tanzania. So this study

will involve two secondary schools from Tandika ward which are Tandika and Pendamoyo

secondary schools.

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1.9 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The study experience the following challenges lead to the difficulties in completion of it.

Time

This study was conducted in consistence with other academic commitments. These

commitments consume researcher’s time for completing the work, while the time allocated to

research study by the institute management is short .The topic under study needed enough

time to be conducted efficiently.

Unwillingness on the questionnaires filling to some respondents

The researcher faced with respondents knowingly or unknowingly not like to fill in the

questionnaires which was provided to them, even some of respondents stay with

questionnaires for longtime without returning them.

Financial problems

In order to conduct a good research, enough money was needed to complete the study in an

appropriate way. Researcher used money to travel different place to find needed data on

accomplished the activities hence any scarcity of finance was hinder an accomplishment of

the activity in an approved way.

1.10 DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS

Guidance is an assistance given to an individual in making intelligent, choice and adjustment

(Rao, 2008 p34).

Counselling is a relationship between a concerned person and a person with a need. This

relationship is usually person-to-person, although sometimes it may involve more than two

people. It is designed to help people to understand and clarify their views, and learn how to

reach their self-determined goals through meaningful, well-informed choices, and through the

resolution of emotional or interpersonal problems (McLeod 2009:7).

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CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 INTRODUCTION

This chapter explains the literature review related to this research. It focus on general concept,

factors that lead to the guidance and counseling to student and its challenges, others factors

for rise guidance and counseling to students, different studies concern guidance and

counseling to students, development of guidance and counseling practice in african schools

and the role of guidance and counseling as the main topic.

2.2 GENERAL CONCEPT

Guidance and counseling is a study of behavior, mental process and it is diverse field. It

involves the process of understanding the reason why people behave and think as they do by

applying scientific method in observing and gathering information in order to come up with

an applicable principle of behavior and motivation. It’s subjective applied according to the

specific requirements of an individual (Kinra, 2008).

2.3 FACTORS WHICH LEAD TO GUIDENCE AND COUNSELING TO STUDENTS

AND IT’S CHALLENGES

Guidance and Counseling is an educational service aimed at assisting individuals to discover

themselves, their worth, aptitudes, capabilities, weakness and understanding the way to move

forward through counseling in life to be useful to oneself and his community. The value and

relevance of guidance to sustainable development cannot be contested. Even in its embryonic

stage guidance was used by Frank Parsons in the USA after the Second World War to

alleviate the post-war psychological trauma and the effect of joblessness that devastated the

Americans during the economic depression years.

The educational challenges that guidance and counseling helped to correct can be noticed as

Tambuwal (2006), posited that social structure, social and personal values continues to

change, it has become diverse with emerging social groups challenging established seeking

equity. People are on the move from rural to urban areas and back again from one region of

the country to another in search of economic, social and psychological security. As a result,

our population is becoming increasing diverse and the trend is forecasted to continue.

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All of these changes create a substantial challenge for our children and youth. The rapidly

changes in our world include changes in the work place and the labour force, increased

violence in the home, school community, as well as divorce rates, substance abuse and sexual

experimentation. These challenges are real and they continue to have substantial impact on

the personal social career, academic development of our children and young people unless

checked and tackled by the use of guidance and counseling within education Tambuwal

(2006).

The aforementioned issues have so far not been addressed by the Nations education system.

They continue to emerge as problems that need to be tackled by the proper meaningful

inclusion of guidance and counseling in all facets of educational implementation. As for now

the main Attention is focused on globalization, the educational system too have focused on it,

but then how can guidance and counseling within education be able to help sort out other

challenges that are currently faced.

In this regard Tambuwal (2006) said that, the rapid technological development we are

witnessing in this early years of twenty fist century, together with factors of globalization, are

likely to lead to radical changes in the world of work. In fact, changing nature of work is

already perceptible in both urban and rural centers and rural communities. It follow therefore,

that human development of which education is such a vital tool must keep in step with these

societal changes if people are to lead production, sustainable, peaceful and satisfying lives.

During the last decades a mismatch has been evident in this country between skills imparted

by the educational system and those demanded by the workplace. This mismatch has been

exuberated in recent years with the introduction of new technologies in almost every sphere of

professional activity. Narrowing the gap between education and the world of work is thus a

priority for our education because of the potential economic and social benefits to be derived

from increasing the proportion of the population that is engaged in productive livelihoods.

The mismatch between education and world of work are so noticed because there is no proper

placement of students in our schools from the primary up to the tertiary. Talents are not

identified earlier and placed appropriately, equipment are not readily available in our schools

for skill acquisition and training. The required manpower is lacking in our schools.

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If guidance and counseling is given its proper place in the educational system, students would

be guided right from the primary schools up to the University on which type of courses to

pursue for a living and for those found not able to catch up with rigors and challenges of

academic work suitable placement could be done for them so that they grow-up with the right

orientation towards work and livelihood.

To address the issue of restive youths, truants, drop-out and violent militant behaviour.

Guidance and Counseling emphasized that peace is the greatest facilitating sustainable

development. Here as Denga (2009), asserted that counseling psychology is replete with

behavioral contingencies that can be used to modify maladaptive behavior, chronic

frustration, misplaced aggression, excessive love of cupidity (money) and other assorted or

variegated cargo of criminal behavior. Guidance and counseling can introduce what Denga

(2009) referred to as “Education for poverty eradication. An educational system that promote

self-reliance, sense of industry and build people’s capability will go a long way in mitigating

economic frustration. Job creation at the grassroots will keep people gainfully employed and

reduce criminal tendencies.

If adequately delivered guidance and counseling can help resolve the problems of Human

Capital which entails the production and empowering of individuals who have the

competence, who are physically, mentally and socially healthy to be useful to develop

physical Capital for the nation because manpower that is deranged cannot participate

effectively in sustainable national development.

In terms of critical infrastructure of the country which subsumes power, transportation,

national gas distribution and telecommunication, guidance and counseling within education is

as Denga (2009) opined, potentially equipped to prospect for talents which can be developed

to produce the necessary manpower to improve and develop the nation’s infrastructure.

Aptitude testing, interest prospecting and appropriate placement of youths in education

programs will save the nation from waste resulting from uninformed choices of subjects and

careers on the basis of whims and caprices. Guidance and Counselling as an educational

service has appropriate progrmmes to train youths to handle the nation’s infrastructural needs

for sustainable development.

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The issue of rural urban drift can also be addressed by guidance and counseling within

education, the Programme view the dreadful review the concomitant ills of the rural urban

drift, namely the spread of diseases urban poverty and the resultant mental problems of

youths. The major contribution of guidance and counselling is to outline a programme of job

creation through the establishment of large scale and small scale industries in rural cities to

keep the youths gradually employed in the rural settings. This will alleviate rural poverty that

has been around in terms of antiquity and ubiquity. Counselling centers can be created in

rural areas to assist in personal-social problems, health concerns and educational

development.

OTHER FACTORS LEADS TO GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING TO THE

STUDENTS

The introduction of boarding schools that led to moral deterioration and existence of

HIV/AIDS pandemic which made people to lose hope and life.

Poor academic performance to the students of secondary schools.

Presence of bad behavior of student such as drug abuse, prostitution, theft and Poor

attendance to school.

Due to these factor, government through ministry of health and ministry of education decided

to introduce guidance and counseling to the student of secondary schools.(Kinra ,2008).

2.4 DIFFERENTS STUDIES CONCERN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING TO

STUDENTS

Guidance and counseling has been conceptualized as a programme of activities which has

provided us with the gateway out of the existing numerous problems in our present age of

complex scientific and technological development (Okobiah and Okorodudu 2004).

The UNESCO module on guidance and counseling (2000a) also posited that Guidance is a

programme of services to individuals based on their needs and the influence of environmental

factors. Guidance and counseling is a professional field which has a broad range of activities,

programmes and services geared toward assisting individuals to understand themselves, their

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problems, their school environment and their world and also to develop adequate capacity for

making wise choices and decisions.

There is agreement among experts that there are three major components of guidance and

counselling. These are educational guidance, vocational guidance and personal social

guidance (UNESCO module 2000a). Under these three major areas, there are several

guidance and counselling services such as appraisal, information, placement, orientation,

evaluation, referral, and follow-up (Denga 2009) Each of these major components of guidance

and counselling alone with their services address student’s needs, challenges and problems.

The goal of guidance and counselling services is to enable each learner in learning institutions

to derive optimal educational benefits so as to actualize his/her potentialities. Thus, the

highlights of the National Policy on Education states “in view of the apparent ignorance of

many young people about career prospects and in view of personality adjustments among

school children, career officers and counsellors will be appointed in post-primary institutions

and tertiary levels. Unfortunately the practice of these services in our institutions of learning

is nothing to write home about. The programme is not encouraged at the secondary school

level and even at the university level.

Previous studies such as those of Denga (2009); Edet (2008), have shown that principals and

teachers constitute the greatest obstacle to the success of guidance and counselling services in

schools. The report showed a negative attitude of school authorities to guidance services and

to counsellors in particular.

Edo (2010) believed that principals and teachers misconceived the counsellor’s status, which

often creates conflict between them and in most cases teachers and principals who believe in

the need for counsellors in the school may see no reason why there should be full time

counsellors in schools.

Denga (2009) stressed that the Principals who know little about counselling will not in any

way appreciate the need for the counsellor to be relieved of heavy teaching load and other co-

curricular duties. Such principals will stifle the counsellors work by withholding budgetary‟

allocation for guidance services.

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Researches carried out by Ubana (2008) have discovered both positive and negative attitudes

of students towards guidance and counselling services including influence of sex and school

geographical location. In the study of high school students attitude toward guidance and‟

counselling services discovered no significant differences in sex, and grade level, but a

positive/favourable overall attitude toward their guidance offices. It was inferred that the

needs and Expectations of the majority of the students were being met by the guidance and

counselling services.

Ubana (2008) in her research study on the attitude of secondary school students towards

guidance and counselling services in Yakurr local government area of Cross River State came

out with the findings that students attitude towards guidance and counselling services was

negative and that sex of the student and the geographical location of the school had no

significant influence on students attitudes toward guidance and counselling services. ‟

2.5 DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PRACTICE IN AFRICAN

SCHOOLS

Guidance and Counseling Practices in Tanzanian Schools in Post-colonial era In several

literatures and sources, guidance and counseling on education sector in Tanzania and some

other African countries is regarded as the youngest discipline. This is evidenced by First

International Conference on Guidance, Counseling and Youth Development in Africa held in

Nairobi, Kenya from 22nd to 26th April, 2002 which pointed out that the Guidance,

Counseling and Youth Development Programme was initiated in Africa in April 1994,

following the First Pan African Conference on the Education of Girls that was held in

Ouagadougou in 1993. It is designed to introduce or strengthen guidance and counseling in

African countries. It focuses on capacity building in the countries involved and provides

training at both regional and national levels on issues of guidance and counseling of schools

and colleges.

This is an impossible and realistic burden on these untrained personnel. It reflects the apathy

of policy and decision makers regarding the new field of guidance and counseling in schools;

the strength of the myth of planned manpower in which career guidance is erroneously

regarded as redundant and the gross lack of trained personnel who would provide effective

guidance and counseling services in schools.

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It is unfortunate that even after the National October 1984 Arusha Conference on the

strengthening of education in Tanzania, where guidance and counseling services were

endorsed by the government as and integral part of the country's education system, the

services are to-date still patchy and ineffective in Tanzania's educational institutions.

Guidance and counseling in this manner is discussed by different scholars in primary,

secondary and tertiary education levels together.

In the case of secondary schools till to-date there is insufficient programmed or time-tabled

system of guiding and counseling students. In some cases this duty is left to discipline masters

and sometimes to class masters and head of schools. At secondary school level, students

would seek educational opportunities, information of all kinds and any other help pertinent to

educational pursuits. These needs are catered to by educational guidance and counseling

Biswalo (2008).

At this level students are helped with subject choice, study techniques and tests and

examination. also sometimes during subject choice, pride of placing as many students as

possible in prestigious streams, such as science, takes precedence over actual abilities,

interests and aptitudes of students. He said this unfortunate situation has been born out of the

lack of genuine educational guidance and counseling services in secondary schools.

The school has an important role to play in preparing pupils for continued secondary

education, paid employment, self-employment and life in the community, as clearly set out by

the Ministry of Education in the objectives for its secondary curriculum. Perhaps uniquely,

there would be total agreement among pupils, teachers and parents over the relative emphasis

a certain schools placed on the preparation for further education, with its focus on academic

knowledge and the pursuit of success in the national examinations.

The secondary schools where counseling is not well performed placed little emphasis on

citizenship and the development of a responsible attitude to life in the community at the local,

regional or national level and employment opportunities. However, what is de-emphasized is

the informal sector including self-employment but the emphasized is employment in the

formal sector with its implied emphasis on white collar jobs Santrock (2005).

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The emergence of career development in western countries as a construct suggests that it may

be an essential area in developing country like Tanzania where students need assistance;

students particularly need assistance in selecting colleges and courses. To this end, the schools

should offer a career guidance and counseling programme under the able leadership of

qualified school counselors.

2.6 THE ROLE OF GUIDENCE AND COUNSELING TO STUDENTS OF

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Guidance and counseling help to increase competence and confidence among the students. It

is simply that when teacher will mostly like to use guidance and counseling student will be

motivated and encouraged with the learning activities, it can lead student to good academic

excellence because of competence and punctuality (Kinra, 2008).

It Improve the relation between students and Teachers. This implies that that guidance and

counseling mostly emphasis on willingness, readiness as well as friendship among the society

surrounding them. Also it improves academic performance due to good relation among

students and teachers (Gibson and Mitchell 2008).

It solves individual differences. Guidance and counseling can solve the different from each

other as considering their physical, mental and emotional fact. In such case development of

individual is total varied to the heredity and environment factors as a result to individual

mental level, ability and interest differ from one another. This can be solved by guidance and

counseling (Okobiah and Okorodudu 2004).

Improve academic performance. Guidance and counseling it lead to advancement of children

and it is essential to remove hurdles in the way of his/her skill honing. It is important for

teachers to understand the method of his teaching only which will prove useful for students,

this process can be meaning full only if teacher will use guidance and counseling (Omari,

2008).

Guidance performs a complementally education function, assisting normal development and

personal autonomy. This means the creation of personal autonomy, purposeful action and

effective person decision making (Rao, 2008:38).

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2.7 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY

A theoretical framework is a collection of interrelated concepts, like a theory but not

necessarily so well worked-out. A theoretical framework guides the research, determining

what things to measure, and what statistical relationships will look for Sharma (2008).

Theoretical frameworks provide a particular perspective, or lens, through which to examine a

topic. Theoretical frameworks usually come from other disciplines - such as economics, the

social sciences, and anthropology - and are used by historians to bring new dimensions of

their topic to light. There is no right or wrong theoretical framework to use when examining

your topic since every topic can be looked from different perspectives.

A Researcher in this study use Theory of multicultural counselling and therapy (MCT) to

support the topic.Most career counselling and guidance practitioners would readily

acknowledge that each client is unique, and that individual differences must be accepted and

respected. However, practice based on theories taught during initial training and subsequently

developed into 'action theories' in the field often reflects the assumption that a particular

interviewing approach is transferable across a wide range of clients.

Sue et al (2005) propose a theory of multicultural counseling and therapy (MCT). This is

considered necessary because of the inadequacies of current theories informing current

guidance and counselling practice. These theories operate from both explicit and implicit

assumptions that guide their practical application, and so an `assumption audit' is presented as

the starting point for the authors developing MCT as an essential starting point for

understanding this new theory. Current theories of counselling and psychotherapy

inadequately describe, explain, predict and deal with current cultural diversity.

Multiculturalism provides a fourth dimension to the three traditional helping orientations

(psychodynamic, existential-humanistic and cognitive). Asian, African and other non-Western

progenitors of counselling and psychotherapy have been trivialized.

Guidance and counseling is also supported by Behaviorist theory which is more important in

counseling. Counseling theory cannot delink from theories of learning as the goal of

counseling happens to modify the counselee’s behavior.

The S-R theory says that behaviors of the people is the result of the forces existed upon them,

that is a direct outgrowth of the stimuli to which people are subjected, outgrowth of forces

that operate upon them at a particular time. Due to this then counseling is modification of

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behavior in a matter of the manipulation of the forces exerted upon people. Behavioral

therapy is the method of counseling human behavior.

Skinner’s theory runs like this: “ It a tasty bit of food falls into a skinner box after a pigeon

pocks a button or a rat presses a bar, the pigeon or the rat is likely to pock or press again

behavior is affected by its consequences”. Reinforcement in changing the behavior of persons

who suffered from various behavioral disturbances as single individuals and also as small

groups LeClaire etal (2010).

Generally, a theory is also conceived as a statement or group of statements that has been

established by reasoned arguments on known facts in order to explain about a particular fact

or event.

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CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHOD

3.0 INTRODUCTION

This chapter shows the research methodology designed adopted in this study. It describes the

research procedure in terms of research approach, research design, and population of the

study, sampling technique as well as data analysis techniques. Both English and Kiswahili has

been used to facilitate data collection on the research

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN

Qualitative and quantitative research design has been used to attain all kind of data which

include number and explanations.

Quantitative research involves data collection, analysis and interpretation. It is a statistical

analysis method to solve the research problem since the data used in it is mathematical and

statistical form (Creswell, 2003).

Quantitative research use the following

It uses tools such as questionnaires, surveys and other equipment to collect numerical.

It is deductive based on obtaining data which is accurate.

It uses numbers, and numerical values to summarize the whole study, and looking on

numerical data from participants of the research (Neill, 2007).

Quantitative research focuses on the measurement and amount of characteristics and

behaviour of people (Thomas, 2003).

Qualitative research deals in words, texts, picture so that it can be observed. It allows adaption

of interaction between researcher and its participants (Creswell, 2003). It considers social

activities like education, health, social work, administration in the social science

In Qualitative research design researcher’s expectations is to discover the information

to describe human experiences, developing concepts and theories, explaining and

interpret human behavior or events; person being studied is an active participant and

its behavior.

The design stage of Qualitative Research In collecting data involves the use of

individual interviews, structured and non-structured interviews, focus groups,

narratives, content or documentary analysis, participant observation.

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Qualitative research is generally inductive and it is based on texts and images, pictures

etc. (Creswell, 2003).

Generally, both Qualitative and Quantitative have been used in interview, observation.

Documentary review and questionnaire during collection and presentation of data that was in

number, chart, graph and explanation.

3.2 POPULATION OF THE STUDY

Population is an entire group of individuals, events or objects having common observable

characteristics (Thomas, 2003).

This study was involves only two secondary school from Tandika ward which are Tandika

and Pendamoyo secondary schools. The targeted population consists of students, teachers,

parents, and other people living near the school environment. The emphasis on this population

is because they are more concerned with the research problem, thus leading to great

possibility of obtaining accurate data related with the problems (study).

3.3 SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

Basically there are two types of sampling techniques, the Probability and Non probability

sampling techniques. Both probability and non-probability sampling techniques have been

used. The study has employed simple random sampling and purposive sampling procedure to

get the sampling frame of a population relating to the study.

Probability Sampling

Probability sampling is the one in which every unit of the population has an equal probability

of being selected for the sample, it selects large representative samples and it has various

forms, for example, Simple random, stratified random and cluster in probability but the used

one this study is simple random sampling

.

Simple random sampling is the simplest method of probability sampling. With simple random

sampling a particular study in a certain population gives everyone an equal chance of

inclusion in the sample. It is considered as fair and allows findings to be generalizing to the

whole population from which the sample was taken.

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Simple Random is selected due to the following reasons;-

It provides equal participation of the targeted population.

It saves time because any one from targeted population has a chance to participate.

Non Probability Sampling

This is a technique whereby it makes no claim for representatives as every unit does not get

the chance of being selected .It is the researcher who decides which sample units should be

chosen .The types of the non-probability sampling are convenience sampling, purposive,

snowball and others. In non-probability I will use purposeful sampling.

Purposive sampling is a technique that involves selection of particular units of the universe.

Purposive sampling is used to draw the representative sample of respondents. In this sampling

also known as judgmental sampling, the researcher purposely chooses a person who in his

judgment about some appropriate characteristics is required of the sample members, it is

relevant to the research topic, and easily available to him (Kothari 2006).

The reasons on the use purposive sampling

They meet particular criteria of interest in my research.

They show wide variations in their knowledge, attitudes or practice to a particular

guidance and counseling issue.

They have particular knowledge or expertise on a problem (study).

Ensures balance of group sizes when multiple groups are to be selected.

The sampling process of respondent is through taking sample of student in a public secondary

schools, teachers and Parents/neighbor around schools.

3.4 SAMPLE SIZE

Sample size refers to as the size of the respondent where researcher selects few numbers of

respondents according to the area and nature of topic or it is a portion of people drawn from a

large population. It is the representative of the population only if it has the same basic

characteristics of the population from which it is drawn. The study involves taking total

number of sixty respondents (60) who are divided in three categories which include forty (40)

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students, ten (10) teachers and ten (10) Parents/stakeholders around schools in order to

complete it.

The use of sample size is due to the following reasons;-

Desirability and feasibility consideration; example issues of time,transport and financial resources.

It’s neither desirable nor possible to cover all the entire population, Sampling is

necessary because of nature of this study.

TABLE 1: RESPONDENT CATEGORIES

Category Female Male TotalStudents 20 20 40Teachers 5 5 10Parents/stakeholders

around schools

5 5 10

Total 30 30 60Source: Mapengo Field data 2013

3.5 DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUE

A data collection technique is the technique that is typically associated with either numeric

data or word. This research employs the following technique in data collection;-

.Interview

.Observation

.Documentary analysis

.Questionnaire

3.5.1 INTERVIEW

Personal interview method requires a person known as the interviewer in asking questions

generally in a face-to-face contact to the other person (At times the interviewee may also ask

certain questions and the interviewer responds to these, but usually the interviewer initiates

the interview and collects the information). This sort of interview may be in the form of direct

personal investigation, or it may be indirect oral investigation (Kothari C; 2004, p 7).

The study uses both formal and informal interview so as to ensure mutual data collection.

This method of conversation will give an opportunity to the researcher to observe and

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understand on what respondent responding and provide the feedback concerning with a topic.

This technique has been used due to the following reasons;-

It helps the researcher especially to questions covered in the questionnaire, which

needs clarification to the respondent. Here interview skills will be used to insure that

the respondents are free to answer all what they were supposed to answer.

The Interview helps researcher to get more information as respondents are free to talk

anything and the researcher is able to convince resistant to respond to answer

questions.

This method also gives a chance to the researcher to add more questions to

respondents.

It helps researcher to add more information in his findings. Also a researcher has a

chance of revealing information which is emotional, complex and sensitive.

3.5.2 OBSERVATION

This is the method where by the information is sought by the way of investigators own direct

observation without asking from the respondents (Kothari, 2004:118). Observation in other

word is a technique that involves systematic way of watching and recording behaviour and

characteristics of living things, objects or phenomenon. Under this technique the researcher

used observation which helps to justify answer obtained from interview. Questions were much

base on how guidance and counseling help student to their academic performance and moral

development.

3.5.3 DOCUMENTARY ANALYSIS

Documentary analysis is a variable source of information by qualitative research which

consists of public and private record, where documents are already documented (Creswell,

2003), the researcher will get the intended information by studying the document of visual

information such as text book, newspaper, articles, speeches, and others like from library.

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3.5.4 QUESTIONAIRE

Questionnaire is a research paper containing a research question to be answered by

respondents (Creswell, 2003).Questionnaire can be either open or fixed questionnaire that can

be used to obtain subject perspective, value, attitude, beliefs and other traits. The researcher

design both open and close ended questionnaire to get data.

The reasons why the researcher used the questionnaire method:-

This technique can work with the aid of the researcher.

This technique can work together with the interview method to collect required

data.

It’s less time consuming compare to other techniques like interviewing.

Less cost and expenditure, since the cost in this method is only that of getting the

prepared questionnaire I will distribute and collect them.

Possibility of covering a large area since the researcher sends the questionnaire to

the respondents.

The last reason was that, due to the great reliability and valid of the information

secure, because the data was collected in an objective manner. Furthermore the

respondents are free to give information or views because they fill the forms in

the absence of the researcher.

There are three types of questionnaire which is used in this study one for the stakeholders

which formulated in Swahili and the other for the students and teachers, which formulated in

English.

3.6. DATA ANALYSIS

The level of the study itself (i.e. a small scale research), data analysis and presentation adopt

the traditional techniques and procedures of data analysis. Data collection was through

questionnaires, interviews, observations and documentary reviews which was processed,

classified and presented manually by using simple statistical tools that include calculators,

tabulation, simple average measures and content analysis. In addition, data presentation was

made in form of tables, percentage, histograms and pie charts.

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CHAPTER FOUR

FINDINGS PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Introduction

This chapter consists of introduction, demographic characteristics of respondents and

verification of research question, Analysis of the first Research Question which based of first

specific objectives, Analysis of the second Research Question which based of second specific

objectives, Analysis of the third Research Question which based of third specific objectives,

Analysis of the four Research Question which based of four specific objectives, General

suggestions and comments of respondents with regard to the use of guidance and counseling

programme in public schools.

4.2 Demographic characteristics of Respondents

This study had a total of 60 respondents, 40 were students, 20 were teachers and parents. As it

has been shown on the table below;-

Table 2: categories of respondents

Type of respondents Number of

respondents

percentage

Students 40 66.6%Teachers 10 16.7%

Parents/stakeholders

around schools

10 16.7%

Total 60 100%Source: Mapengo Field data 2013

Table 2 above shows the respondents who participape in data collection which include 40

students who make up 66.6.% of all respondents were selected, also it shows 10 parents and

10 teachers who make up 33.4.% of all respondents were selected, were consulted in the

study.

Table 3: Sex of Respondents

Sex Students Parents Teachers Percentage

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Male 20 5 5 50%

Female 20 5 5 50%

Total 40 10 10

Grand total 60 100%

Source: Mapengo Field data 2013

Table 3 above shows that 20 male student, 5 parents male and and 5 teacher who make up

50.% of all respondents were selected, 20 respondent was female students, and 5 parent is

female and 5 teacher also female make up equal to 50% were consulted in the study. The

number of male was the same with that of female because study provide equal chance to

respondent. Also the use equal number of male and female in the study this implies that the

selection of respondents took gender into consideration.

Figure 1: shows sex of respondents

Source: Mapengo Field data 2013

4.3 Verification of the Research Questions /Analysis of the research objectives

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Testing of research question is the most important part of research that is where the researcher

comes up with the answers from the respondents to his/her assumption. It is where the

researcher proves or disapproves his/her research question.

The analysis process implies;- edition coding, classification, tabulation, graphs and charts of

the collected data through questionnaires, documentary, observation and interview from

different respondents. In this analysis, the researcher based on the specific objectives and

hence, simplified in to sub-questions in order to get clean answers from a targeted population.

Specific objectives and research questions one as follows:-

Specific objective

To examine the accessibility of guidance and counseling to the students of public

secondary schools.

To understand how guidance and counseling help students of public secondary schools

to succeed in their life and academic performance.

To understand how guidance and counseling help to encourage students of public

secondary schools to have good behavior.

To examine the participation/involvement of the teachers and students on the

implementation of guidance and counseling in public secondary schools.

Research question

5. How guidance and counseling is accessible to the students in public secondary

schools?

6. The provision of guidance and counseling in secondary schools helps the students in

their further future and improve academic performance?

7. How school guidance and counseling help student to change/modify their behavior?

8. How teachers and student are participating or involved in the implementation of

guidance and counseling in the school?

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4.3.1 Analysis of the first Research Question which based on first specific objective

The first research question was, “How guidance and counseling is accessible to the students in

public secondary schools?” The main aim of this question was to understand the applicability

and availability of guidance and counselling in public secondary schools. In testing this

research question in questionnaire researcher posed different question so as to measure the

guidance and counselling in secondary schools to check the accessibility of guidance and

counselling services in the public schools.

Unfortunate that even after the National October 1984 Arusha Conference on the

strengthening of education in Tanzania, where guidance and counseling services were

endorsed by the government as and integral part of the country's education system, the

services are to-date still patchy and ineffective in Tanzania's educational institutions.

Guidance and counseling in this manner is discussed by different scholars in primary,

secondary and tertiary education levels together.

The aim of the conference is to create systematic criteria for secondary schools students'

advice and counseling. Students were advised, guided and counseled on matters concerning

their job choice and learner placement for further education. This job was assigned to work

masters and mistresses as explained below, however, there were no adequate advice and

counseling personnel not only in the responsible ministry but also in the schools.

In the case of secondary schools till to-date there is insufficient programmed or time-tabled

system of guiding and counseling students. In some cases this duty is left to discipline masters

and sometimes to class masters and head of schools. At secondary school level, students

would seek educational opportunities, information of all kinds and any other help pertinent to

educational pursuits Biswalo (2008).

Through interview one techer said that “we practice counselling with our student but the

problem is that we havent knoledge of guidance and councelling, also we hae a lot of task to

do like to teach, and prepare exams” so this show that the guidance and counseling is there

but implemented by teachers rather than counselors.

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Table 4: Respondent opinion on accessibility of guidance and counselling in public

secondary schools

Respondent view Students Parents Teachers Percentage

YES 31 4 7 70%

NO 9 6 3 30%

Total 40 10 10

Grand total 60 100%

Source: Mapengo Field data 2013

Table 4 above shows that 31 student agreed that there is a guidance and councelling in their

school who consitute 51.7%, 9 students disagree the presence of guidance and counselling

who make up 15% of all respondents who answer this question, 7 teachers agreed that there is

a guidance and councelling in their school who consitute 11.6%, 3 teachers disagreed about

the presence of guidance and counselling who make up 5%, also 4 parents agreed that there is

a guidance and councelling in their school who consitute 6.7% and 6 parents disagreed the

presence of guidance and counselling who make up 10%, so the total number of respondents

who agreed were 42 equal to 70% and those who disagreed were 18 equal to 30%.

From the table 4 above it show that there is a guidance and councelling in secondary schools.

But unfortunately the practice of these services in our institutions of learning is nothing to

write home about. Due to the fact that the programme is not encouraging at the secondary

school level.

Previous studies such as those of Denga (2009); Edet (2008), have shown that principals and

teachers constitute the greatest obstacle to the success of guidance and counselling services in

schools. The report showed a negative attitude of school authorities to guidance services and

to counsellors in particular. Because there is no counselor in many secondary school rather

than teachers who has heavy teaching load and other co-curricular duties.

Figure 2: shows agreed and disagreed of respondents towards the accessibility of

guidance and counseling in secondary schools

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Source: Mapengo Field data 2013

Though documentary review show that In Tanzania, guidance and counseling began in the

year of 1984 ( Omari 2008 ) It was soon after the introduction of boarding schools that led to

moral deterioration and existence of HIV/AIDS pandemic which made people to lose hope

and life. So twenty years ago the ministry of health decided to introduce guidance and

counseling at the University of Dar es salaam as the way to overcome the problem.

Ministry of Education has somehow tried to institutionalize the services within the instruction

ideas by appointing work masters and mistresses. He said that the personnel are expensive

with the accountability of advising heads of secondary schools concerning student’s job

choice and placement for further education, to try and help students understand and create

interest in appropriate jobs or further instruction or training, to assess the students talents and

capabilities and to encourage them to pursue careers or further instruction best excellent to

them and to help students solve their personal problems which may sway their general

improve in school (Biswalo, 2008).

Also I was done interview to 6 students 3 teachers and 3 parents, the answer was 5 student

agree 1 student disagree, 3 teachers all agreed and 2 parents disagreed and 1 parent agreed tha

there is guidance and counselling, I asked this type question of to measure the accessibility of

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guidance and counselling. Due to 9 people agreed it show that there is guidance and

counselling in secondary schools.

Earlier findings in by Nziramasanga (2009:74) revealed that parents might be less

involved because of many social, psychological and economic pressures imposed on the

family. Due to the above pressures, parents tend to devote less and less time to students’

needs. Students might also not have been much involved because of lack of knowledge

on the part of the school counsellor.

In the case of secondary schools till to-date there is insufficient programmed or time-tabled

system of guiding and counseling students. In some cases this duty is left to discipline masters

and sometimes to class masters and head of schools. At secondary school level, students

would seek educational opportunities, information of all kinds and any other help pertinent to

educational pursuits. These needs are catered to by educational guidance and counseling

Biswalo (2008).

These implies that in our schools the guidance and couselling service was accesible , but we

use teachers than professional psychologist, these mean that Psychological teams were also

not involved because they are very few in Tanzania and poor budget. One school might have

only one Education Officer for Guidance and Counselling. So schools guidance and

counselling was accessible but without professional counselors.

4.3.2 Analysis of the second Research Question which based on second specific objectives

The second research question was, “The provision of guidance and counseling in secondary

schools helps the students in their further future and improve academic performance?” The

main aim of this question was to know role of guidance and counselling to students in their

further future and improve academic performance, researcher posed different question so as to

measure the roles guidance and counselling in secondary schools.

Table 5: Respondent opinion show agreed and disagreed towards the provision of

guidance and counseling in secondary schools helps the students in their further future

and improve academic performance

Respondent view Students Parents Teachers Percentage

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YES 38 9 10 95%

NO 2 1 0 5%

Total 40 10 10

Grand total 60 100%

Source: Mapengo Field data 2013

Table 5 shows that 38 student equal to 63.3% agreed that there is importance role guidance

and councelling which helps the students in their further future and improve academic

performance, 2 students disagreed who make up 3.3% of all respondents, 10 teachers agreed

that there is is importance role guidance and councelling which helps the students in their

further future and improve academic performance equal to 16.7%, no teachers disagreed, 9

parents agreed that there is importance role guidance and councelling which helps the

students in their further future and improve academic performance 15% and 1 parent

disagreed who make up 1.7%, so the total number of respondents who agreed were 57 equal

to 95% and those who disagreed were 3 equal to 5%.it show that there is importance role

guidance and councelling which helps the students in their further future and improve

academic performance.

Through interview one student said that “ushauri nasaha una umuhimu kwetu kwa sababu

wakati mwingine tunapopata matatizo tunaogopa kuwaambia walimu wetu, kwa mfano

Mabadiliko ya kimwili, hivyo basi tunaiomba serikali ihakikishe upatikanaji wa washauri

mashuleni”. Also one teacher say that “guidance and counselling is very important to student

but the problem is the government did not employ counselors, it mean they use teachers rather

than counselors.

For example teachers were appointed to be career counselors without any training. In support

of this observation Bailyn, as cited in Kidd (2006) argues that individuals’ career emerge from

the interaction between the individual agencies on the one hand and the experience,

constraining and enabling forces of the social context on the other hand.

Edo (2010) believed that principals and teachers misconceived the counsellor’s status, which

often creates conflict between them and in most cases teachers and principals who believe in

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the need for counsellors in the school may see no reason why there should be full time

counsellors in schools.

The study of (Rutondoki 2008:3; Brown 2007:75; Hartman 2009:91; Mapfumo 2004:4). also

revealed that the majority of school counsellors and students favourably

rated the availability of an orientation programme of SGC for new comers although a

substantial number were either undecided or disagreed with the idea of availability of

orientation services for new comers. Orientation services are important for new students in

their adjustment Thus students in secondary schools where the orientation services are not

available may have adjustment problems leading to poor school performance.

Also study of (Rao, 2008:38) reveals that Guidance performs a complementally education

function, assisting normal development and personal autonomy. This would mean the creation

of personal autonomy, purposeful action and effective person decision making.

The school has an important role to play in preparing pupils for continued secondary

education, paid employment, self-employment and life in the community, as clearly set out by

the Ministry of Education in the objectives for its secondary curriculum. Perhaps uniquely,

there would be total agreement among pupils, teachers and parents over the relative emphasis

a certain schools placed on the preparation for further education, with its focus on academic

knowledge and the pursuit of success in the national examinations.

The above quotation it implies that the guidance and counselling help student to change their

behaviour and it help in their schools performance and further future.

Figure 3: Respondent opinion on the provision of guidance and counseling in secondary

schools helps the students in their further future and improve academic performance

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Source: Mapengo Field data 2013

Also in order to measure or to know the importance role of guidance and counseling to

impvove students perfomance and futher future, i was set diferent opend ended questionaire

so as to test how do techers, parents and students views on guidance and councelling to

students perfomance, Student on the on the question wher they report their social or academic

problem they said that 32 students reports to the class teacher 7 students report to academic

office and 2 students report to thei parents at home.

Troungh interview many student agree that guidance and counselling is very important to

them because it guide them and help to make choice on their career for academic issues and

futrther future by interaccting with counselors the become stable to various matters in their

life.

Its importance because help student to improve academic performance, guidance and

counseling it lead to advancement of children and it is essential to remove hurdles in the way

of his/her skill honing. It is important for teachers to understand the method of his teaching

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only which will prove useful for students, this process can be meaning full only if teacher will

use guidance and counseling (Omari, 2008).

The rapidly changes in our world include changes in the work place and the labour force,

increased violence in the home, school community, as well as divorce rates, substance abuse

and sexual experimentation. These challenges are real and they continue to have substantial

impact on the personal social career, academic development of our children and young people

unless checked and tackled by the use of guidance and counseling within education

Tambuwal (2006).

Guidance performs a complementally education function, assisting normal development and

personal autonomy. This means the creation of personal autonomy, purposeful action and

effective person decision making, which make student to have strong ideas, views, and

perspectives in their life (Rao, 2008:38).

It Improve the relation between students and Teachers. This implies that that guidance and

counseling mostly emphasis on willingness, readiness as well as friendship among the society

surrounding them. Also it improves academic performance due to good relation among

students and teachers (Gibson and Mitchell 2008).

Guidance and counseling help to increase competence and confidence among the students. It

is simply that when teacher will mostly like to use guidance and counseling student will be

motivated and encouraged with the learning activities, it can lead student to good academic

excellence because of competence and punctuality (Kinra, 2008).

These mean that the quality of the SGC services in Tanzania secondary schools was

negatively affected by the lack of both human and material resources. In addition to lacking

training in guidance and counselling, the school counsellors perform a number of non-

counselling duties both of which compromise the quality of the SGC services in Tanzania

secondary schools, it means schools use teachers rather than professional counsellors.

Table 6: Answers of respondents views on what are the reasons for the failure of many

students in secondary schools

No Factors /Reasons

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1 Language, many student they do not understand English language which make them to fail2 Lack of counsellors, they use much teachers less than professional counselors3 Lack of teachers, few number of teachers especially 4 They are not find materials also many student waiting teachers material rather than find

themselves 5 Lack of awareness student they are not mature6 Poor relationship with their teachers. Many students fear their teachers7 Transport problem eg. Daladala8 Lack of materials eg. books and laboratory 9 Lack of competent teachers, also many of teachers themselves they are not competent10 Poor revision, many student they are not take ample time to make revision at home11 Uses of mobile phones eg.chating sms12 Poor understanding mean that other student they has low IQ13 Parental care example fail to talk with their son about various changes14 They did not follow examination regulations15 Peer pressure/bad groups/bad behaviour16 Use of social networks eg. Facebook, twitter, Skype17 Poverty example fail to buy food and books18 Poor attendance of student, many student they not attend school hence they fail19 Low salaries to teachers, teachers are paid low salary so they teach partially20 Poor government supervision example to employ counselors21 Poor learning environment21 Change of curriculum

Source: Mapengo Field data 2013

4.3.3 Analysis of the third Research Question which based on third specific objective

which say “To understand how guidance and counseling help to encourage students of public

secondary schools to have good behavior.” The main aim of this question was to know

guidance and counselling help change to student’s behaviors. Researcher posed two questions

so as to measure the roles guidance and counselling on changing behaviors to students of

secondary schools, the questions posed is close ended questionnaire

Table 7: Respondent opinion show agreed and disagreed towards the provision of

guidance and counseling in secondary schools does change the behavior of students

Respondent view Students Parents Teachers Percentage

YES 38 10 10 96.6%

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NO 2 0 10 3.4%

Total 40 10 10

Grand total 60 100%

Source: Mapengo Field data 2013

Table 7 above shows that 38 student equal to 63.3% agreed that there is importance role

guidance and councelling which helps the students in changing the behavior of students, 2

students disagreed who make up 3.3% of all respondents, 10 teachers agreed that there is is

importance role guidance and councelling which helps the students in changing the behavior

of students equal to 16.7%, no teachers disagreed, 10 parents agreed that there is importance

role guidance and councelling which will help changing the behavior of students 16.7% so the

total number of respondents who agreed were 58 equal to 96.6% and those who disagreed

were 2 equal to 3.3%.it show that there is importance role guidance and councelling which

helps the students in changing the behavior of students.

The study revealed that school counselling students was help the student involvement of

peer counselling in HIV/AIDS activities substantially positively. school counsellors may

have concentrated on HIV/AIDS because the epidemic is seen as a significant problem in

schools these days it help students changing behaviors.

The finding from America peer counsellors shown that school counsellor’s time and this

subsequently increases the number of students being assisted on HIV/AIDS awreness. (Van

Der Reit & Knoetze 2004:223)

Figure 4: Respondent opinion on the provision of guidance and counseling in secondary

schools helps the students in changing the behavior of students.

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Source: Mapengo Field data 2013

4.3.4 Analysis of the four Research Question which based on four specific objectives

which need to examine the participation/involvement of the teachers and students on the

implementation of guidance and counseling in public secondary schools. A research question

was, “How teachers and student are participating or involved in the implementation of

guidance and counseling in the school?” The main aim of this question was to understand the

involvement of teachers and student on the application of guidance and counselling in public

secondary schools. In order to get the answer of this research question in questionnaire

researcher pose two different questions to teacher and students this is open-ended

questionnaire so as to examine the implementation of guidance and counselling in secondary

schools.

The questions were needed elaborations from teachers and students teacher’s answers on

ways which are used to implement guidance and counseling public secondary schools,

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teachers they said many ways including the following; - school meeting, asking question to

those who have faced with social or academic problem, games and sports on every Friday and

tell the important issues concern their study and life at whole and meeting with individual

student when he suspect student has faced wit problem like to fail.

Students answers on how does guidance and counseling implemented in the school, student

say various ways on how they implement guidance and counselling like meeting with

teachers, meet with counselors,discuss with their fellow student, school assembly. So due to

these answers from teachers and student it shows that there is implementation of guidance and

counselling in secondary schools.

The limited involvement of students in SGC services planning contradicts Badza’s

(2005:35) view that students need to be involved in the planning of SGC services.

Also others study revealed that where planning was done, school counsellors and students

positively viewed aspects like SGC activities, classroom sessions with students and

counsellor roles as included in the SGC plans. School counsellors also positively viewed

the inclusion of individual counselling on SGC services plans. Administrative duties,

parent meetings, orientation services, people implementing the services, and resources’

inclusion on SGC services plans were negatively viewed by both school counsellors and

students which calls for the inclusion of all important aspects in SGC services plans. (Lapan

2006:p289)

4.3.4 General suggestions and comments of respondents on use of guidance and

counseling programme in public secondary schools

In this part a researcher posed different questions, here a researcher aimed to get views of

respondent on the ways of improving the academic performance and moral development to

secondary students, which need respondents to provide their suggestion and comment’s

towards the improvement guidance and counselling , students’ performance and modify moral

behaviour.

Suggestions and comment from respondent were, doing counselling one time in a week or one

time in a month, prepare materials of counselling to student and distribute them to a student

one time in a week example books and journals of counselling, build room for doing guidance

and counselling in every school, government should employ professional counselor in all

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secondary schools rather than depend teachers, use sports and games the make the counselling

to student, talk with parents talk with their sons, use suggestion box to collect, establish

counselling clubs to student and use of TV program to counsel students.

Also in order to improve students’ performance and moral behavior respondent says that

government should employ professional counselor, increase salaries to teachers, insisting

weekly test or examinations, to increase periods of counselling to students, provide

motivation to teachers, building of hostels for students, ensure of materials eg. Books and

laboratory employ more and competent teachers, improvement of curriculum, change

Language of teaching, to punish who use of mobile phones eg.chating sms and social

networks like facebook and to live in moral behavior.

The study revealed that school techers and students viewed the availability of career materials

in SGC services centres more positively while they viewed access to the internet more

negatively. So in oder to improve guidance and counselling goverment and other stakeholders

should prepare material as study of Borders and Drury (2010:490) and Carlson (2007:32-33)

who established that in America, SGC services had counselling centres with computers, self

development resources, college catalogues, career materials, test taking skills packages,

newsletters, brochures and pamphlets.

Responses from the open-ended questions by both school teachers and students on

suggestions as to how the SGC policy could be improved seem to point to the need to involve

all stakeholders in SGC policy formulation, infusion of SGC services into the curriculum

subjects in all schools and provision of SGC services resources which include trained

personnel in SGC services.

The study revealed that SGC services planning was seldom done at the beginning of every

year. This finding confirms Chireshe and Mapfumo’s (2005:23) observations that the majority

of the student SGC services were not annually planned for. Thus the Tanzanian SGC services

can be said to be lacking an essential framework for delivery of the services which is

provided through a plan

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Lack of planning for the services frequently could be attributed to the lack of a mandatory

SGC policy or ignorance on the part of the school counsellors and school administrators who

have no formal training in guidance and counselling.

Generally there was less involvement of teacher, parents and students with the goverment on

the SGC services planning. Some parents might have lacked the skills and might have been

ignorant. The schools may also not be aware of the important contributions which parents can

make to the planning of the SGC services. So goverment through ministry of education and

vocationa training should involve all stakeholders on SGC planing.

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION

5.0 INTRODUCTION

This chapter present summary of the study, recommendation to government, parent, students

and researcher for further research and the conclusion of the study.

5.1 SUMMARY

The study consisted to examine the role of guidance and counseling in public secondary

schools. Study case in Tandika ward in Temeke municipal. The origin of guidance and

counseling in Tanzania started in 1984, it was soon after introducing bodying schools. The

reason for guidance and counseling was moral deterioration and the existence of HIV/AIDS

which led people to lose life and hope. Also poor academic performances to the students of

secondary schools, Presence of bad behavior of student such as drug abuse, prostitution, theft

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and Poor attendance to school. So due to these factor, government through ministry of health

and ministry of education decided to introduce guidance and counseling to the student of

secondary schools.

The findings revealed that, the majority of students, teachers and parents in Tandika ward are

aware on the existence of guidance and counselling in secondary schools, there are only few

parents who are not aware of the existence of guidance and counselling in secondary schools,

also findings show that the guidance and counseling is important for student competent and

punctuality, it help student relation among themselves and others like teachers and parents, it

help to develop academic performances and help to solve the individual differences as it was

shown in chapter four.

Generally findings shown that majority of respondents agreed that there is important role of

guidance and counselling to the student of secondary school, while few respondents they are

not aware with the important role of guidance and counselling to the student of secondary

schools. Even though many respondents agree the role of guidance and counselling to

students, but a problem is who to conduct and how to conduct guidance and counselling to

students. Here there is high demand for every secondary school to have a schools counsellor. I

would like to insist government to ensure the presence of counsellors in every secondary

school as policy of education of 1984 say and to be well implemented.

5.2 RECOMMENDATION

5.2.1 TO PARENTS

Parents should know their responsibility to their children. They supposed to know the

biological changes of their children and to realize on how to guide them.

Parents should understand nature and problems of his or her children. The appropriate

measure toward the students must reflect the age of their children. Example the use of

sticks is not necessary for matured students.

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Parents should agree that more guidance and counseling is needed to control students.

So they supposed to talk with their child and advise them.

Parents should make follow up the development of his child by communicating with

their teachers.

5.2.2 TO STUDENTS

Students themselves must understand who are they, where they are and what are they

supposed to do.

Students must have respect to everyone, whether at home place or school area it will

help them to get assistance.

Student should advice his/her fellow toward the good behavior so as to success on

academic matter. Students must have mission and vision toward their life.

Study hard and cooperate with their teachers in all matter for example asking question

and report various problems for getting guidance and counselling.

5.2.3 TO TEACHERS

A teacher as key director to guide and counsel students must be punctual and

cooperative with other people relating to this topic such as students, parents and others

stakeholders.

Teacher must talk with their students and should understand the nature and problem

facing students. This can be done by teacher use counseling knowledge to older

students such as form four and asked them to help to guide their fellow brothers of

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form three, two and form one. It will be easily because students like to be trusted by

teachers and older students.

School administrators or headmasters need to be trained in school guidance and

counselling so that they can appreciate the value of the service. Once they have the

awareness they will be able to see to it that SGC services at their schools are properly and

frequently planned for and implemented.

Teachers rightfully take part in the SGC services activities. The training will further

enable the headmasters to establish the proper SGC services committees at their

schools. With the training, headmasters may allow school guidance counsellors to focus

on school guidance and counselling issues and not on the host of non-counselling duties

being experienced now.

Use of games and sports, prepare debate about cultural and behavior change, talk with

students parent and build good relationship with both students and their parent so as to

ensure good implementation of guidance and counselling.

5.2.4 TO THE GOVERNMENT

Through the ministry of education and vocation training government should put

emphasis on student guidance and counseling.

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They should prepare teachers who are trained enough to guide and counsel students of

secondary. This can be done through various seminar and workshop to teachers and

school counselors.

Government should improves schools buildings and improve learning environment

which will make it easily for teachers to control academic and discipline such as

putting fences to control escape behavior and late comers.

Government should make policy which emphasize counselling and guidance to see the

important of counseling services to the community in order to avoid conflict among

student in our schools and family in order to protect children.

Government should employ social worker and psychologist who are needed to help

counselling services. These to profession are competent in this area of school to help

student and our community at larger.

Government at various levels should stop lip service to the implementation of

guidance and counselling services in the educational sector.

There is an urgent need for training and retraining of professionally qualified and

committed counselors in our educational sectors. So as ensure that every schools have

more than one counselor.

Guidance and Counselling should be recognized as a profession so that practitioners

can function effectively under guiding rules and regulations.

5.2.5 TO RESEARCHER FURTHER RESEARCH

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The following issues need to be considered in future research in the area of school guidance

and counselling.

This study covered only one educational region by sample of two secondary schools in

Tanzania. This is a small area as there are twenty five educational regions. There is

need for conducting such a research at national level.

Experimental/empirical studies should be carried out to establish the effectiveness of

SGC services by comparing secondary schools implementing the services and those

not implementing the services.

Extensive studies of the problems of implementing SGC services are needed as a basis

for a well-formulated policy.

This study covered the perceptions of students , and parents. Thereis a need to

conduct studies which capture the perceptions of teachers, headmasters,Education

Officers for Guidance and Counselling for the effectiveness of the SGC services.

The effectiveness of SGC services can also be determined by carrying out studies on

the perceptions of post-secondary students attending colleges or universities.

5.3 CONCLUSION

This research intends to show the role of guidance and counselling to students of secondary

schools especially in Temeke municipal. Student’s guidance and counselling should reflect

the age and nature of environment surrounding the students. The method of giving

counselling should be appropriate with the age of students and their nature. So provision of

guidance and counselling is varying from one school to another due to student’s environment

and age.

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From the findings of this study, it can be concluded that components of effective and

comprehensive SGC services include policy, planning, needs assessment, responsive services

and evaluation. Although the Tanzania SGC services were viewed as beneficial and rated as

fair and the school counsellors were effectively playing their role, the services did not match

with the policy. The frequency of SGC services planning; those involved in the planning,

aspects covered and methods used in SGC services planning, SGC services needs assessment,

and evaluation did not meet the demand of it. One can, thus, conclude that the Tanzanian SGC

services are not as effective as in policy and planning of it.

Generally, the importance of guidance and counselling within secondary education are not be

overemphasized and recognized for a meaningful sustainable development of education to the

students, I concluded by saying that the quality of the SGC services in Tanzania secondary

schools is negatively affected by the lack of both human and material resources. In addition

to lacking training in guidance and counselling, the school counsellors perform a number of

non-counselling duties both of which compromise the quality of the SGC services in Tanzania

secondary schools, it means schools use teachers rather than professional counsellors.

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APPENDIX 1

QUESTIONNAIRE 1

FOR STUDENTS

I`m a student at Institute of social work. My name is Mapengo Hashimu; I wish to conduct the

study on the role of guidance and counseling in public secondary schools. Please I kindly

request you to answer the following questions;-

INSTRUCTION

I.) Answer all questions

II.) Don’t write your name any were in this questionnaire

III.) Put a star (*) in the bracket provided

1. Class/form

1( ) 2( ) 3( ) 4( ) 5( ) 6( )

2. Sex

Male ( ) Female ( )

3. Is there any guidance and counseling in the school?

Yes ( ) No ( )

4. How many counselors in the school? a) One ( )

b) Two ( )

c) Two ( )

5. Have you ever get counseling services in the school?

Yes ( ) No ( )

6. Do you agree that guidance and counseling is very important to secondary student?

Yes ( ) No ( )

7. Can guidance and counseling will help students of public secondary schools to succeed in

their academic performance?

Yes ( ) No ( )

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8. Does guidance and counseling help students of public secondary schools to succeed in the

future?

Yes ( ) No ( )

9. Does guidance and counseling change the behavior of students?

Yes ( ) No ( )

10. Has guidance and counseling encourage students of public secondary school to have good

behaviors?

Yes ( ) No ( )

11. Where did you report when you faced with social or academic problem?

………………………………………………………………………….

12. What are the reasons for the failure of many students in secondary schools?

a)……………………………………………………………………………………

b)……………………………………………………………………………………

c)…………………………………………………………………………………….

13. How do you do guidance and counseling in the school?

…………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………

14. Suggests what can be done to improve counseling services for secondary students?

……………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………….

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION

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APPENDIX 2

QUESTIONNAIRE 2

FOR TEACHERS

I`m a student at Institute of social work. My name is Mapengo Hashimu; I wish to conduct the

study on the role of guidance and counseling in public secondary schools. Please I kindly

request you to answer the following questions;-

INSTRUCTION

I) Answer all questions.

II) Put star (*) in bracket provided.

III) Don’t write your name anywhere in this paper.

1. Sex

Male ( ) Female ( )

2. Is counseling services available in the school?

Yes ( ) No ( )

3. Can environment be a factor for bad behavior in the school?

Yes ( ) No ( )

4. Does school counseling have any impact on increasing student performance?Yes ( ) No ( )

5. Does the presence of counselors increase the student performance?Yes ( ) No ( )

6. Has guidance and counseling encourage student of public school to have good behavior?Yes ( ) No ( )

7. How many students reported when they faced with social or academic problem?

……………………………………………………………………………..

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8. Mention ways which are used to implement guidance and counseling in school?

a)…………………………………………………..

b)……………………………………………………

c)……………………………………………………..

9. What do you think should be done to improve the academic performance and moral

development to secondary students?

a)…………………………………………………..

b)……………………………………………………

c)……………………………………………………..

10. What are the main reasons for the failure of many students in secondary schools?

a)………………………………………………………………………..

b)…………………………………………………………………………

c)…………………………………………………………………………

11. Suggests what should be done in order to ensure availability of counselling services to

student of secondary schools?

……………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………

12. What can be done to improve counseling services for secondary students?

……………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………….

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION

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APPENDIX 3

DODOSO 3

KWA WAZAZI NA WADAU WANAOISHI KARIBU NA SHULE

Mimi ni mwanafunzi wa Taasisi ya Ustawi wa Jamii, jina langu ni Hashimu Mapengo, ambae

ninafanya utafiti kuhusu faida au umuhimu ya mwongozo na ushauri nasaha kwa wanafunzi

wa sekondari katika shule za serikali kwa willaya ya Temeke jijini Dar es salaam. Ninaomba

ushirikiano wako katika kujibu maswali yafuatayo;-

MAELEZO

I) Jibu maswali yote.

II) Weka alama ya nyota( *) katika mabano yanayo stahiki.

III) Usiandika jina katika sehemu yoyote ya karatasi hizi.

1.jinsia yako ni?

Mume( ) mke ( )

2. Je una mtoto yeyote anaesoma katika shule ya sekondari?

Ndio ( ) Hapana ( )

3 Kuna mwongozo na ushauri nasaha katika shule anayosoma mwanao?

Ndio ( ) Hapana ( )

4. Je umewahi kumuona au kukutana na wanafunzi wakipewa au fanyiwa ushuri nasaha

mashuleni?

Ndio ( ) Hapana ( )

5. Kuwepo Kwa washauri nasaha mashuleni kunaweza ongeza ufaulu kwa wanafunzi?

Ndio ( ) Hapana ( )

6. Je, mwongozo na ushauri nasaha itasaidia wanafunzi wa shule za sekondari za serikali

kufanikiwa katika utendaji wao wa kitaaluma?

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Ndio ( ) Hapana ( )

7. Je unaamini kuwa ushauri nasaha kwa wanafunzi Kunasaidia kupunguza tatizo la tabia

mbaya mashuleni?

Ndio ( ) Hapana ( )

Kama hapana kwa nini?...........................................................................................

Kama ndio kwa nini? ..............................................................................................

8. Ni sababu zipi zinazopelekea kufeli kwa wanafunzi wengi wa shule za sekondari?

a)……………………………………………………………………….

b)……………………………………………………………………….

c)………………………………………………………………………..

9. Eleza Kwa kifupi nini kifanyike kuongeza au kuinua ufaulu kwa wanafunzi?

……………………………………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………..

10. Nini kifanyike ili kuimarisha huduma za ushauri nasaha kwa wanafunzi wa sekondari?

………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………

11. Mwongozo na ushauri nasaha zinaweza kusaidia wanafunzi wa shule za sekondari za

serikali kufanikiwa katika maisha yao ya baadaye?

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

12. Je, mwongozo na ushauri unaweza kuhamasisha wanafunzi wa shule za sekondari za

serikali kuwa na tabia nzuri?

………………………………………………………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

AHSANTENI KWA USHIRIKIANO WENU

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APPENDIX 4

INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS

1. “Is there any guidance and counseling in the school?

2. How many counselors in the school?

3. How do you do guidance and counseling in the school?

4. Does guidance and counseling help to change/modify behavior?

5.Is there any importance of guidance and counseling to student of secondary school?

6. Is there any importance of guidance and counseling to student of secondary school?

7. Does guidance and counseling help students of public secondary schools to succeed in the

future?

8. Has guidance and counseling encourage students of public secondary school to have good

behaviors?

9. Where did you report when you faced with social or academic problem?

10. What is the reason for the failure of many students in secondary schools?

11. Suggests what can be done to improve counseling services for secondary students?

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MWONGOZO WA MAHOJIANO KWA WANAFUNZI, WALIMU NA WAZAZI

1. Kuna mwongozo na ushauri nasaha katika shule yako?

2. Kuna washauri nasaha wangapi katika shule yako?

3. Ushawahi kupata huduma ya ushauri nasaha katika shule yako?

4. Unafikiri kuna umuhimu wa mwongozo na ushauri nasaha kwa mwanafunzi wa shule za sekondari?

5. Mwongozo na ushauri nasaha zinaweza kusaidia wanafunzi wa shule za sekondari za serikali kufanikiwa katika maisha yao ya baadaye?

6. Je, mwongozo na ushauri nasaha itasaidia wanafunzi wa shule za sekondari za serikali kufanikiwa katika utendaji wao wa kitaaluma?

7. Mwongozo na Ushauri nasaha zinaweza kuwasaidia wanafunzi kubadili / kurekebisha tabia?

8. Je, mwongozo na ushauri unaweza kuhamasisha wanafunzi wa shule za sekondari za serikali kuwa na tabia nzuri?

9. Taja njia unazotumia kutumia katika utekelezaji wa mwongozo na ushauri nasaha katika shule yako.

10. Kuna mwongozo na ushauri nasaha katika shule anayosoma mwanao?

11. Je, umewahi kuwaona au kukutana na wanafunzi wakipewa au fanyiwa ushauri nasaha mashuleni?

12. Kuwepo Kwa washauri nasaha mashuleni kunaweza ongeza ufaulu kwa wanafunzi?

13. Je, unaamini kuwa ushauri nasaha kwa wanafunzi Kunasaidia kupunguza tatizo la tabia mbaya mashuleni?

14. Ni sababu zipi zinazopelekea kufeli kwa wanafunzi wengi wa shule za sekondari?

15. Eleza Kwa kifupi nini kifanyike kuongeza au kuinua ufaulu kwa wanafunzi?

16. Nini kifanyike ili kuimarisha huduma za ushauri nasaha kwa wanafunzi wa sekondari?

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