A report of pilot study on provisions of guidance counselling services in secondary schools : a comparative study between norway and ethiopia

Abstract

It is clear that understanding the needs and some psycho-social problems of students from different cultures is important since, for example, guidance counsellors, social workers and teachers in many Norwegian schools will meet students and parents from different cultural and societal background. To our knowledge, there has been no published comparative study that focuses on guidance counselling provisions in Norway and Ethiopia, if any comparative study between different countries at all. From this, therefore, one can understand that there is a need of comparative research in this area. It is in the light of the above background that this study was initiated to compare the provision of guidance counselling services in secondary schools in Norway and Ethiopia with particular reference to three secondary schools from Buskerud county - Norway and three from Nazareth area - Ethiopia.