Browsing by Author "Nyaga, Veronica Karimi"

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Effectiveness of Guidance and Counselling Services in Enhancing Students’ Adjustment to School Social Environment in Public Boarding Secondary Schools in Kenya
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2015) Kanga, Benjamin Mugambi; Nyaga, Veronica Karimi; Barchok, Hillary Kipng’eno; Ngari, Stephen Mbugua
School adjustment is the process of coping in a new school environment in order to attain the individual and school’s set goals and aspirations. The government, education managers and parents have expressed the need to strengthen school Guidance and Counselling services in order to enhance students’ adjustment to the school environment. Public boarding secondary schools are expected to implement Guidance and Counselling policy of the Ministry of Education and help students adjust to secondary school environment. This study investigated the effectiveness of Guidance and Counselling services in enhancing students’ adjustment to school social environment in public boarding secondary schools in Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive research survey design. The study target population was 36,671 comprising of 35,659 form 3 students, 506 Form 3 class teachers and 506 teachers in charge of Guidance and Counselling from boarding secondary schools in Kitui, Nyeri and Nairobi counties in Kenya. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 756 respondents comprising of 720 Form 3 students, 18 Form 3 class teachers and 18 teachers in charge of Guidance and Counselling from 18 secondary schools for the study. Questionnaires were used to collect data from Form 3 students and their class teachers while an interview schedule was used to collect data from teachers in charge of Guidance and Counseling. Using Spearman Brown Prophesy formula by split half technique reliability coefficient of 0.745, 0.746 and 0.736 were realized for students, class teachers and teachers In charge of Guidance and Counseling respectfully. This was accepted because an alpha value of 0.7 and above is considered suitable for making group inferences that are accurate. The data was analyzed by use of inferential and descriptive statistics with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17.0 for windows and presented in frequency distribution Tables and percentages. The findings of this study provide information to school administrators, policy makers, parents and other stakeholders on various issues that need to be addressed in Guidance and Counseling to enables students adjust to school environment. the study further suggest ways of ways of improving Guidance and Counselling services in order to make it more effective in public boarding secondary schools.
Impact of Attitudinal Adaptation on Academic Achievement among Students: A Comparative Study of Boys and Girls in Boarding Secondary Schools in Meru County, Kenya
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2015) Murithi, Grace Gatune; Nyaga, Veronica Karimi; Barchok, Hillary K.
This study sought to examine the impact of attitudinal adaptation on academic achievement among boys and girls in boarding secondary schools in Meru County in Kenya. The descriptive survey research design was adapted for the study whose sample size was 384 students, school counsellors and deputy principals in the boarding secondary schools. The research instruments consisted of questionnaires and interview schedules. Data analysis was enabled by use of the Scientific Package for Social Sciences version 20.0. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for data analysis. The findings revealed that attitudinal adaptation had a positive impact on academic achievement but there were no significant differences in the impact between boys and girls in boarding secondary schools within Meru County in Kenya. It was therefore recommended that school administrators needed to improve the image of secondary schools through rebranding, upgrading the furniture and equipment as well as maintaining the school compounds. The Ministry of Education could also set minimum quality standards for school resources such as size of rooms and nature of furniture and equipments while school counsellors could design programs geared towards helping students in general attitudinal adaptation.
Selected Factors Contributing to Alcoholism Among Secondary School Students in Mwimbi Division, Kenya
(2014) Munyua, Millicent Makena; Nyaga, Veronica Karimi; Oundo, Monicah Buyatsi
Alcoholism has devastating effects especially on students’ academic achievement and future career prospects. Therefore, this study sought to determine the factors contributing to the high rate of alcohol consumption among secondary school students in Mwimbi Division, Kenya. The study employed the descriptive survey research design on a sample size of 320 Form three students from secondary schools within Mwimbi division. Questionnaires were utilized as research instruments for collecting the necessary data while data analysis was carried out using SPSS version 14.0. The study findings indicated that pertinent factors including stress, alcoholic background, lack of religious morals, excess pocket money, broken families, low price of alcohol, availability of alcohol, peer influence and unpleasant school condition contributed to alcoholism among secondary school students. Hence, to mitigate alcoholism among students, it was recommended that school conditions be improved, parents desist from providing excessive pocket money to students, the government to regulate the sale of alcohol and religious institutions to make efforts in instilling religious values among the students.