Challenging and Changing Lives: The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Peer Counseling Program, a Model for Tertiary Institutions

  • Frances Emily Owusu-Ansah Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • Bernice Ofosuhene S. Peasah Counseling Center, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • Victoria De-Graft Adjei Counseling Center, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • Stephen Jantuah Counseling Center, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • Joana Hackman Counseling Center, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47127/ijtmr.v6i2.127
Keywords: challenging, changing lives, model, tertiary institutions, The KNUST Peer Counseling Program

Abstract

This paper is about the KNUST Peer Counsellors Program (KPC); an initiative of the KNUST Counselling Center (KCC). Over the years, the number of Peer Counsellors has increased. Students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have likewise increased. The aim of the paper was basically to examine the impact of the peer counselling experience on the students who volunteer to be trained and serve as Peer Counsellors. To the best of our knowledge, no study as yet has examined impact of peer counselling among university students in Ghana. Yet, we believe it is a program worth further exploration and development to equip the youth with altruistic values. Reports from the Peer Counsellors affirm the positive impact of the experience on their lives as young people. It projects a viable developmental pathway, career wise, for some of them aside the promotion of own and others wellbeing. Administrative and functional structure of the KPC is described in the paper and recommended as a program for other tertiary institutions to augment formation and education of students.

 

Citation:Owusu-Ansah, F. E., Peasah, O. S. B., De-Graft Adjei, V., Jantuah, S. and Hackman, J. (2021). Challenging and Changing Lives: The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Peer Counseling Program, a Model for Tertiary Institutions.

International Journal of Technology and Management Research (IJTMR), Vol. 6 (2): Pp.73-80.


Received: January 3, 2021
Accepted: September 1, 2021

Published
2021-09-10
How to Cite
Emily Owusu-Ansah, F., Ofosuhene S. Peasah, B., De-Graft Adjei, V., Jantuah, S., & Hackman, J. (2021). Challenging and Changing Lives: The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Peer Counseling Program, a Model for Tertiary Institutions. International Journal of Technology and Management Research, 6(2), 73-80. https://doi.org/10.47127/ijtmr.v6i2.127
Issue
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2021): The Special Edition of the International Journal of Technology and Management Research
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Articles