Evaluation of Guidance Services in Senior High Schools in Gomoa West District in the Central Region of Ghana

Abstract

Guidance services are primarily designed to promote the educational, career and personal-social development of students. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the delivery of guidance services in senior high schools in the Gomoa West District in the Central Region of Ghana based on the views of students. The population of the study comprised senior high students. Three hundred students were randomly selected for the study. Proportional stratified sampling and simple random sampling techniques were used in selecting the sample for the study. The research design for the study was descriptive survey. Questionnaire was used to obtain the data from the students. Frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations and independent samples t-test were used to analyse the data. The results indicated that the appraisal service was effectively implemented while the information, consultation and counselling services were not effectively implemented. The results also revealed that gender is not a significant determinant of students’ evaluation of the information, consultation and counselling services. Based on the findings, it was recommended that counsellors should pay great attention to all guidance services in order to effectively promote the personal, social, educational and career development of students.

Keywords: Guidance and counselling; Guidance services; implementation; evaluation; senior high school students