Ffectiveness of School Counselling Services in Mitigating Bullying Among Secondary School Students in Nyandarua, Kenya

There is an increasing concern on cases of bullying among students which if not mitigated could impact negatively to individual students as well as with their colleagues. School counseling plays an important role by impacting student's behaviour. This paper investigated the effectiveness of counseling services in mitigating bullying among secondary school students in Nyandarua North Sub-County. The independent variable was the counseling services while the dependent variable was the mitigation of bullying that includes drug abuse, truancy and bullying. The study applied cross sectional survey research design that embraced both quantitative research approach using students' questionnaires and qualitative approach using counseling teachers' interview schedules. Multistage sampling comprising of stratification (20 schools), simple random sample (400 students) and purposive sample (20 counseling teachers) techniques were used. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistical techniques such as frequency, percentage and mean with assistance of SPSS (Version 22). It was established that counselling services in schools is done to a little extent. The levels of bullying were rampant. The inferential statistics both correlation and Chi-Square revealed that counselling services positively affects the mitigation of the bullying significantly at 5 % levels of significance. The study recommends that schools should embrace of counselling services as the remedy for bullying in secondary schools