Student Counseling Skill Practice at Al-Janad University for Science and Technology from Students' Perspective

Abstract

The research aimed to identify the degree of student counseling skills practices at Al-Janad University for Science and Technology and to determine whether there are statistically significant differences between the mean ratings of the research sample members regarding the degree of practice attributable to the variables (gender, academic programs, and college). The research used the analytical descriptive method, and a questionnaire was applied to a sample of 356 male and female students. The research results revealed that the overall degree of the sample members' responses regarding the practices of student counseling skills was high, with a mean of 3.54 and a standard deviation of .797. The dimension of academic counseling at the university received the highest rating with a high degree, a mean of 3.57, followed by social counseling with a high degree, a mean of 3.52, and then psychological counseling with a moderate degree, a mean of 3.09. The results showed no statistically significant differences attributable to the variables of gender. However, the results indicated the presence of statistically significant differences attributable to the variable of academic programs and college. This means that counseling services are not provided with the same quality or efficiency across all programs and colleges, suggesting a lack of unified standards and that service quality heavily depends on the specific environment and management of each academic program.