Examining the role of guidance and counselling in promoting student discipline the case of Fumbisi senior high school

Abstract

The focus of the study was to examine the role Guidance and Counselling plays in promoting student discipline in Fumbisi Senior School in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The relevance of the study was established on the background of a worsening disciplinary situation in Senior High Schools in Ghana in the aftermath of the ban on corporal punishment. The study was guided by three research questions. Quantitative approach was employed using Descriptive Survey Design for the study. The target population of the study was all teachers of Fumbisi Senior High School. The sampling technique employed was Census sampling since the sample population comprised all 87 teachers who taught at the school at the time of the study. The findings of the study revealed that students’ indiscipline remain a major challenge in Fumbisi Senior High School. Guidance and Counselling was established in this study as an effective approach to managing students’ indiscipline. It was therefore recommended that Guidance and Counselling be fully utilized in managing students’ indiscipline, especially with the ban on corporal punishment. Also, hindrances confronting the operation of Guidance and Counselling in schools should be resolved to enable them realize its full potential in the effective management of students’ indiscipline.