Analysis of the Need of Counseling Services for Personal development at university level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to ‘to investigate the Need of Counseling Services for Personal
development at University level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan’. The population of the study
is KP universities B.S students. The sample of the study, Shaheed Benazir Butut women
university Peshawar, Women University Swabi, Women University Mardan and University of
Science and technology Bannu women campus, English and Education department B.S. students,
using Krejcie and Morgan sampling technique. The research is quantitative in nature. Data was
collected through questionnaire; the objective of study is to sought the information about
students’ perceptions about the need of personal counselling services. The finding of this
research shows that every individual student needs personal counseling such as to know about
their strength, talent, how to handle personal problems, learning habits, to know how to release
exam pressure etc. it is recommended that All parties including the education minister, secretary
education, vice-chancellors of universities, head of the departments, instructor, counselors and
even parents are required to perform their dominant role in its own way/dimension in the
counseling of students.