According to Haregewoin and Yusuf (1994), the people in the traditional helping professions (religious people, elders, or parents) do not have any scientific training. Hence, their help is insignificant to the present day adolescents. Oladele (1987) also argues that counselors must have a fairly high level of psychological sophistication in their profession in order to meet the different expectations of their clients. According to him the quality of counseling services rendered depends a great deal on the training of the counselors.
Considering these facts, G&C personnel are being trained in Ethiopian tertiary institutions and sent to schools to deliver services. Although considerable resources are expended to train these professionals, no data have been collected to describe their programs and
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activities. There is a need, therefore, to assess the G&C services rendered by school guidance and counselors