Publication: The Role of Guidance And Counseling in Curbing Indiscipline Cases Among Secondary Schools in Gucha District, Kisii County Fidelis Machuki Abongo
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2015-04
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Mount Kenya University
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Discipline is an integral part of the teaching-learning process in any learning institution, without
which effective teaching-learning may not occur. Students in secondary schools are in their
adolescent stage characterized by numerous changes and may end up being unruly resulting to
indiscipline problems. The purpose of the study was to examine the role of guidance and
counseling in the curbing of students discipline in secondary schools in Gucha district in Kisii
County, Kenya.
The study was guided by the following specific objectives; to establish disciplinary problems
experienced in secondary schools in Gucha district, to find out the role of Head teachers, Deputy
Head teachers, Head of guidance and counseling and teachers in guidance and counseling in the
curbing of students discipline, to find out the nature of cases of indiscipline referred to the
teacher counselor by teachers, to establish the factors that hinder effective guidance and
counseling in the curbing of students discipline in Gucha District.
The researcher employed stratified sampling technique to select the schools to be studied. The
target population comprised 25 public secondary schools, 25 head teachers, 25 heads of guidance
and counseling, 280 teachers and 3750 students. Out of this, a sample of 10(40%) secondary
schools, 10(40%) head teachers, 10(40%) deputy head teachers, 10(40%) heads of guidance and
counseling, 30(10.7%) teachers and 380(10.1%) students were selected through the simple
random sampling technique. Two instruments were used to collect data for the study. These were
interview schedules and questionnaires. The data collected through questionnaire was analyzed
using descriptive statistics inform of frequencies and percentages.
The data collected using interview schedules was analyzed using summary tables for the purpose
of data presentation and interpretation. Data was presented using tables. The study concludes that
Lateness, bullying of the students and disobedience are the commonest offences that student
commit. Laziness is the most common problem in schools. Results showed head of guidance and
counseling organize the guidance and counseling services in the school, offer guidance and
counseling services to the students. The findings show that guidance and counselling was
minimally used in the curbing of student discipline in secondary schools in Gucha District.
Punishments especially physical punishment, corporal punishment and suspension/calling
parents were used as a disciplinary method. It was also found out that the policy guidelines from
the Ministry of Education on how the schools could use guidance and counselling to manage
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student disciplinary cases in schools are not adhered to. The study recommends that Ministry of
Education should do regular follow up on how policy guidelines on the use of guidance and
counselling for the curbing of students discipline in secondary schools are being implemented.
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