Thesis:

An evaluation of students’ perceptions on guidance and counseling program in public secondary schools in Konoin sub-county, Bomet county, Kenya

County face various types of discipline issues, even though guidance and counseling programs are offered in schools. In order to determine how students felt about the School Guidance and Counseling Program (SGCP), how effective they believed the program to be in public secondary schools, and how they felt about the SGCP in relation to the guidance and counseling resources available in public secondary schools in Konoin Sub-County, Bomet County, Kenya, the following objectives formed the basis of this study. The study employed a descriptive survey counseling program to determine the effect of school guidance and counseling on gender disparities among students. With a sample size of 327 students, the study focused on 2200 form three students from 40 secondary schools that were chosen. A straightforward random sampling method was employed to choose study participants. Data for the study was generated using a questionnaire. The questionnaire's reliability was tested using the Split-Half reliability technique, and the Spearman Brown Prophecy formula yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.76. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22.0 was used to analyze the data, and frequency tables and percentages were used to display the findings. The study's conclusions indicate that a variety of factors influenced how successful guidance and counseling programs were in a subset of secondary schools. Among these factors was a lack of resources, as demonstrated by the absence of adequately furnished rooms for guidance and counseling (66.7%), inadequate training for guidance and counseling teachers (70%), a lack of special facilities for keeping confidential records (73.3%), unethical counselors, and a lack of support, including funding and training materials for the School Guidance and Counseling Program (SGCP). Students were discouraged from seeking counseling services because they believed that counselors were ineffective in their roles as guidance and counselors. According to the study's findings, the government should provide teachers with training through the MOEST. According to the study's findings, principals and other school administrators should schedule time for guidance and counseling in the school calendar, and the government should provide teachers with pertinent guidance and counseling training through the MOEST. According to the study, counselors should protect their clients' privacy.