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

Nankoomi, Primrose Kalunda

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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