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Publication Date: 2017-Apr
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Perception of Secondary School Students Regarding Guidance and Counseling in Quetta
Nasir, Abdul; Hashmi, Muhammad Aamir; Siddique, Jawaid Ahmad; Adnan, Musarrat; Kanwal, Zobia
Bulletin of Education and Research, v39 n1 p265-274 Apr 2017
The main objective of the study was to find out the opinion of secondary school students regarding strategies used to solve the problems of career counseling, selection of subjects and behavioral problems. The study was quantitative in nature. A questionnaire was developed and validated by the researchers. The data was collected from male, female, urban and rural secondary school students. There were 565 students in all. Of them 417 were female and 148 were male students. The data was analyzed using SPSS version15. The reliability of the tool was found 0.88. A positive relationship was found between parents and friends as a counselor. It is recommended that the Government of Baluchistan should appoint a counselor in schools for proper guidance of students in choosing their careers and subjects and addressing psychological issues.
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, School Counseling, Foreign Countries, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Behavior Problems, School Counselors
Institute of Education and Research. University of the Punjab Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590 Pakistan. e-mail: ber.ier@pu.edu.pk; Web site: http://pu.edu.pk/home/journal/32
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pakistan
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