ABSTRACT Students studying in public secondary schools in Kakamega County, Lugari SubCounty have a range of challenges, these include, deteriorating academic performance, drug and substance abuse, low self-esteem, theft cases among themselves, socially unacceptable sexual behaviour such as lesbianism and sodomy, destruction of school property, arson attacks, teenage pregnancies and risky abortions, as well, as serious grudges between learners and their teachers. These problems exist despite ...
Education is a fundamental right that leads to realization of other rights and part of development. However, there exists wastage for learners with disabilities, in particular hearing impaired, through repetition, drop out, poor performance and low transition to other levels of education. This study seeks to investigate how psycho-cultural factors affect academic performance of learners with hearing impairment (HI). A focus on the effects of psycho-cultural factors such as self-esteem, peer p...
ABSTRACT Guidance and counseling aims at assisting individuals in various aspects of life. In Kenya, the Ministry of Education established guidance and counseling services to deal with formal areas of counseling which include educational counseling and psychological counseling in which home challenges of students in both day and boarding secondary schools can be addressed. The purpose of this study was to find out the influence of guidance and counseling in addressing home challenges faced by...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to establish the effect of welfare on teachers’ performance in public primary schools in Bugisu sub-region. Staff welfare was regarded as the independent variable, while teachers’ performance was the dependent variable. The study was guided by five research objectives and five research questions. The study employed a descriptive cross-sectional survey research design - with both qualitative and quantitative approaches, and data was collected from 559 re...
ABSTRACT Sexual activities among adolescents have been reported to be on the increase. The trend across the world shows that many adolescents are initiating sexual activity from as early as 10 years with many disastrous effects on their lives, health and education. These behaviors predispose teenagers to academic risks by reducing their motivation to learn, as well as their feeling of connectedness to academic performance. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of teenage s...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the relative effectiveness of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Reality Therapy in managing adolescent psychosocial problems such as low self-esteem, depression, aggression and anxiety. The moderating effect of gender was also examined. A total of 150 adolescents with mean age of 17.8 years drawn from three orphanages in Lagos and Ogun States of Nigeria constituted the final sample. They were made up of 81 males and $9 females. The study utilized an experimental...
Abstract Guidance and Counseling in secondary schools in Kenya is of major concern especially after" the ban on corporal punishment. School administrators in secondary schools have been given the mandate to establish and maintain effective Guidance and Counseling services in the schools. However, the situation on the ground reveals that Guidance and Counseling services are not effective in many schools in Kenya. The study assessed the influence of school administration in promoting effective ...
ABSTRACT Burnout is persistent physical, mental or emotional exhaustion caused by long term stress, usually as a result of excessive workplace and/or personal responsibilities. Since burnout cannot coexist with engagement it's a serious problem for institutions like schools that rely on teachers for good academic performance of the learners. Literatures reviewed indicate that teachers in secondary schools burn-out in the course of their working. However no scholarly research pertaining to bur...
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The world is increasingly becoming more and more complex on daily basis. A person needs to behave in competent ways if he or she is to maximise the opportunities that come his or her way. There are different dimensions of competence and each individual manifests in different ways. For instance, academic competence may involve the mastery of some learning tasks while behavioural competence may take the form of maintaining control over external events. Social competence,...
ABSTRACT Kisumu city has public and charitable children institutions. Of these there seem to be apparent variation in the outcome from both counseling and academic achievement. This is despite the fact that there are counseling services and teaching assumedly going on in all these institutions. Evidence provided by adult and continuing education Kisumu city showed that there was negative variation in the KCPE mean score between 2010 and 2013. The overall mean score for CCIs in KCPE was 229.58...
ABSTRACT Since some secondary schools are known to offer guidance services to their students in Bendel State, it is logical to expect that certain benefits are likely to be derived by the beneficiaries. Already, there is a growing awareness in Nigeria about the usefulness of these services but there is a dearth of concrete date for assessing the role fulfilled by counselling in the growth and development of secondary school students. It is also known that some Nigerians do not believe in the ...
Abstract Guidance and Counselling is usually designed to achieve certain ends for a particular society. It is therefore practised within a frame work of values and goals. Guidance and Counselling cannot therefore successfully be practised in the Nigerian setting without a synthesis of the values and ultimate goals of its services. The major problem tackled by the present study is what Guidance Counsellors' value commitments are in the Nigerian setting where Guidance and Counselling has been w...
A I?>STRACT It has been observed that students' attitude to academic work has declined if) recent time and consequently, mass failure in public examinations has been on the increase. The problem has been attributed to various reasons, of which the delivery of academic content to students is the most prominent. It is therefore imperative that more modern teaching strategies be adopted for the delivery of academic content. This study, therefore, examined the current trend in teaching and learni...
Abstract There appears to be an observed progressive drop in the age of sexual maturation among Nigerian adolescents. There is also progressive urbanization, industrialization and diffusion of western values into the culture, especially in relation to sexual morals and behaviour. The extent to which these changes may affect the sexual maturation processes, and their implications for health and the adolescents 'family life education and counselling were studied. A cross-sectional evaluation of...
ABSTRACT Introduction The experience of depression is common among cancer patients and has been found to be significantly associated with impaired quality of life [1]. In Nigeria, despite documented cases of depression among cancer patients in different clinics [2], psychosocial support for depression and other emotional, social, or psychological problems for this population is not widely documented. The need for psychosocial interventions and support is particularly crucial in Africa with �...