The Level of Guidance Needs of the Students of the Colleges of Applied Sciences- Reality and Hope

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the reality of the guidance needs of the students of the Colleges of Applied Sciences, Sultanate of Oman, and to develop a proposal through which such needs' requirements may be achieved. For data collection, the researchers developed an instrument for measuring the guidance needs. The quality of the instrument was assured by calculating the coefficients of validity and reliability, which indicated its validity for the purposes of the study. The study involved a sample of 129 male and female students from two colleges, Rustaq College of Applied Sciences and Nizwa College of Applied Sciences. The students were grouped in terms of gender, specialisation and year of study. The study revealed a number of results, one of which was the level of the academic needs was the highest among the guidance needs of the students, with an average of 3.77, then the psychological needs with an average of 3.68, the social needs with an average of 3.63 and finally the administrative needs with an average of 3. The results also indicated that there were not differences that have statistical significance attributed to the variables of gender, specialisation or study year. That is, the needs are of the same strength with all the students despite their different gender, specialization or level of study.