Feedback from Teachers
Most frequent questions and answers
- “I lower myself to be like their elder sister”
- “It’s a tough role and I have other subjects to teach, besides counselling students”
- “Sometimes I get resources from Counselling interns who come to our school”
- “I use my own experiences of growing up, to counsel my students”
- “ I find it hard to ask students questions, some might get offended if I ask”
- “Sometimes it’s difficult to guide them I need someone who can teach me how.”
- “Sometimes I exchange notes with the principal for support”
- Drug addiction
- Effects of alcoholic parents
- Early pregnancy and challenges of returning to school after giving birth,
- Abortion by parents’ demand
- Boy/Girl relationships
- Sexual harassment and exchange of sexual favours for money with bodaboda riders
- Problems at home e.g children of parents who suffer from drug and substance use disorders
- Poor academic performance and disinterest in school,
- Need for guidance on choice of subjects and dropping out of school
- Poverty and low resources
- Sexual and physical abuse , emotional abuse from parents
- Childhood trauma