Truant Behavior Decreased by Individual and Group Counselling Among Secondary School Students: A Case Study of District Karak

Abstract

The research examined the impact of both individual and group 
counseling on truant behavior among secondary school students in 
Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. The study’s population included 
district Karak students in the secondary and higher secondary school 
during the 2022-2023 academic year. Three hundred students were 
selected from these schools. The sample was drawn using a basic 
random sampling approach. The study discovered that there are 
substantial differences in the impact of individual and group counseling 
among male and female students with truant behaviors. The effects of 
individual and group counseling on students’ truant behavior do exhibit 
considerable variation depending on gender. It was shown that the 
impact of individual and group counseling on truancy among male and 
female teenagers varies substantially. The findings suggest that 
counselors should incorporate individual as well as team counseling in 
their treatment of students with truant habits. The research 
recommended that counselors in female schools primarily utilize 
individual counseling, whereas in male schools should mainly use group 
counseling.