Incorporating Comprehensive Counselling and Guidance Models into School Curricula in Sub-Saharan Africa

Career Guidance and Counselling in Uganda, Current Developments and Challenges

“…(MOES, 2011), it was observed that the most challenge faced by students of senior four (S4) and senior five (S5) is choice of appropriate school and subject combination which was attributed to inappropriate career choice and career preparation. This was reinforced by other factors particularly the ratio of careers teacher/ counsellor to students' which stands at 1:500 in East Africa (Ayiro P.L., 2016) and at 1:1000 in Nigerian schools (Kiweewa et al, 2017).…”

“…If a counsellor does it right, they can serve as a secondary parents whom students can trust and confide in; however the separation of roles must be considered if students were to benefit from career guidance and counselling services. (Kiweewa et al, 2017) reiterates that the relationship between teachers and students raises a lot of concern. There are noted contradictions in teaching priorities, knowledge of teaching content and career information, understanding of developmental demands on students and growth of appropriate skills which drives schools into adopting authoritarian teaching style.…”

“…This is done with disregard for background check on individual professional training, availability of career materials for use, time allocation on the time table, and acknowledge of duties and responsibilities. The staff recruited sometimes are handicapped in their performance due to lack understanding of scope of professional practice and ethical issues related to their duo roles (Kiweewa et al, 2017;Senyonyi et al, 2012;Wambu, G, W., & Fischer, 2015)…”

“…Career guidance and counselling in schools could be strengthened by promoting the development and domestication of career guidance and counselling tools and techniques; develop user friendly career assessment tests, and lobby for increased financial and logistical support from the government. Again more energy needs to be directed towards legalisation and professionalization of guidance and counselling in the country through legal mandate of operation counselling in the country, creation of uniform standards for training and accreditation of courses, professional development through associations of counsellors, and licensure requirements for practice for school and nonschool counsellors (Senyonyi et al, 2012;Kiweewa et al, 2017). This will greatly improve career decision making which is part and parcel of a child's cognitive and behavioural development.…”

“…This created high levels of school dropout, as well as discrimination and stigma for people with disability, older students, and children infected and affected by HIV/ AIDS scourge. This was further associated with teenage behaviours like drugs and alcohol abuse, and the influence of the wild effects of technology, and lifestyle from the Western world which left many students disoriented and lost track in their educational pursuits (Kiweewa, Knettel, & Luke, 2017;MOES, 2012;Senyonyi, Ochieng, & Sells, 2012).…”