Published ArticleStudent Counseling is very important to the well being of the students. The purpose of this research is to investigate students' attitudes and perceptions regarding counseling services offered to help them to adjust to academic and social demands at tertiary level. 
A qualitative study was done through semi-structured interviews and survey questionnaires. A representative sample was drawn from the 1500 students at the institutions. The analysized data indicated that the students in this study were relatively optimistic about seeking counseling and about the positive effect of counseling offered. It is however recommended that the counselor should be more available for emergencies - which implicated more staff and better advertisement of the services available

Manamela, Gideon

Oberholzer, Henriette

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Central University Of Technology Free State - LibraryCUT, South Africa

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Accordingly, research was conducted to investigate the attitude of the CUT, Welkom Campus’ students towards counseling.                                                               5. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY   A qualitative approach was deemed most useful for this study. The approach affords research participants an opportunity to define their own perceptions and feelings about the counseling services.  For the sake of this research data has been collected through using interviews and questionnaires.  A representative sample of full-time and part-time students studying at the CUT Welkom Campus was drawn. Students were volunteers in the study and confidentiality was respected.  Most students were blacks, the average age of the sample was 22, 56% were female and 44% male students.  Most participants lived at home.  The procedure used in capturing data for this study was done through collecting all returned questionnaires and documenting all responses given by the students to get a general idea of what they think about counseling.  In the case of the interview with the student counselor the data was captured by writing down what the counselor said during the interview.  The procedure for editing data that was given entailed revisiting all the documents from the respondents and rechecking them so that a qualitative analysis was well done.  6. RESULTS   The results on questions specifically dealing with how students view counseling are as follow:  Question 23 - deals with how students think counseling should be provided at their campus:  • 60% of the sample regarded the provision of counseling services to be done by the student counselor; • 25% feels that they should consult the student assistant or tutor for counseling.   Question 24 – asks students what they will do when in need of Counseling:  • 71% of students feel that they will contact a peer helper or somebody  • 20% will consult the student counselor.  ?????? ???????? ?? ??? ?????? ??? ???????? ?? ?? ??? ?????????? ?? ???? ???? ? ?????????????? ??? ????????? ??????????? ??? ???? ??????? ??? ??????? ??? ????????? ??? ???? ???????????????? ?? ??? ????? ???? ??????? ???? ??? ???? ?? ??? ?????????? ??? ??? ??? ?????????????????? ?????????? ???? ??????????? ??????? ???? ?????? ???? ????? ???????? ??????????? ?? ??? ????? ???????? ? ????????? ?????? ??? ???????? ??????? ?? ???????????? ??? ???? ????? ??? ????? ?? ??? ?? ????? ?? ??????????? ?? ????????? ???????? ? ??????????? ?? ???? ???? ?? ???????? ???????? ?? ????????????????????? ???????????? ??? ???????? ???? ???? ??? ???????????????? ?? ??? ????? ???????? ? ?????????? ??? ???????? ?????? ??? ??? ??????? ??????? ??????????? ??? ?????????? ?????????? ?????? ??????? ??? ??????? ???? ??????????? ?????????????? 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