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Guidance and counselling and students’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Masuuliita town council, Wakiso district.

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dc.contributor.author Nankoomi, Primrose Kalunda
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-15T08:34:07Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-15T08:34:07Z
dc.date.issued 2023-10-03
dc.identifier.citation Nankoomi, P. K. (2023) Guidance and counselling and students’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Masuuliita town council, Wakiso district, Nkumba University. en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1161
dc.description A Research Dissertation Submitted to the School of Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Science in Counselling Psychology at Nkumba University, Entebbe - Uganda en_US
dc.description.abstract This study intended to establish the extent to which guidance and counselling influence students’ academic performance in secondary schools in Masuuliita Town Council, Wakiso District. The study was guided by the following objectives: Establish how: career guidance; management of peer influence and learning skills affect students’ academic performance in secondary schools. The study mainly adopted a quantitative research approach employing a cross-sectional design where random and purposive techniques were applied to select a total of 221 participants including; students, teachers and school counselors who participated in the study. Study findings revealed that; academic performance (AP) and career guidance (CG) with r = 0.705** , was positive with probability value (p = 0.000) less than (α = 0.01) confirming that, there is a correlation between the two variables; academic performance (AP) and management of peer influence (PI) with r = r= 0.383** , was positive with probability value (p = 0.000) less than (α = 0.01) confirming that, there is a correlation between the two variables and also academic performance (AP) and learning skills (LS) with r = 0.352** , was also positive with probability value (p = 0.000) less than (α = 0.01) confirming that, there is a correlation between the two variables. It was therefore concluded that; Career guidance; management of peer influence and strategic learning skills positively impact students’ academic performance in secondary schools and so, it was recommended that; schools should offer students a range of career exploration activities; foster a supportive and inclusive environment, also offer academic planning and goal setting support: and should facilitate study skills workshops and workshops on exam preparation. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Nkumba University en_US
dc.subject Guidance and counselling en_US
dc.subject Students’ academic performance en_US
dc.subject Secondary schools en_US
dc.subject Masuuliita town council en_US
dc.subject Wakiso district en_US
dc.title Guidance and counselling and students’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Masuuliita town council, Wakiso district. en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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