Guidance and counseling on students’ academic performance in secondary schools in Ndia Division, Kirinyaga district-Kenya

dc.contributor.authorGithaye, Wilson W
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-05T15:08:16Z
dc.date.available2020-08-05T15:08:16Z
dc.date.issued2011-08
dc.descriptionA thesis presented to the School of Post Graduate Studies and Research, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education in Educational Management and Administrationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was specifically designed and conducted to investigate the relationship between guidance and counseling and academic performance of secondary school students in Ndia Division, Kirinyaga District. The study focused on examining the level of guidance and counseling, level of students’ academic achievement and the relationship between guidance and counseling and students’ academic performance in Secondary schools in Ndia Division. The researcher applied a co relational study design using quantitative approach to derive meaning from quantitative data generated. The main research instrument used to obtain data during the study was Likert scaled questionnaire adopted and modified to suit the objectives of the study. Data collection was guided by the research questions and objectives. A total of 124 respondents were purposely and randomly sampled from the eight secondary schools in the district. Results from the study and analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between guidance and counseling and the academic performance of students. Revelations from the study further indicated that there are still very low levels of academic performance of secondary school students in this division. The level of guidance and counseling was found to be fairly adequate. The study recommended that the government should incorporate guidance and counseling units within each school so as to bring closer these services to the studentsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/13472
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCollege of Education, Open & Distance Learningen_US
dc.subjectGuidance and counselingen_US
dc.subjectAcademic performanceen_US
dc.subjectSecondary schoolsen_US
dc.subjectNdia Division, Kirinyaga district-Kenyaen_US
dc.titleGuidance and counseling on students’ academic performance in secondary schools in Ndia Division, Kirinyaga district-Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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