An Evaluation of the Guidance Services Offered by Counselling Centre of University of Cape Coast: Implications for Counselling

Abstract

The study was conducted to ascertain the perception held by students about the guidance services offered by the counselling centre of the University of Cape Coast. Four hundred students were purposively sample and given a set of questionnaire to solicit their views about the guidance services offered by the counselling centre. One research question was answered while three hypotheses were tested. It came to light that the respondents held a poor perception about the guidance services offered by the counselling centre. It was also revealed that there were statistically significant differencesbetween the sciences and humanities students in terms of the perception held about the guidance services of the counselling centre. It was recommended for counsellors to live by their calling and the ethics of the profession by demonstrating acceptance and empathy so that students can easily approach them.

Keywords: Guidance, counselling, students and University of Cape Coast