Influence of Peer Counselling on Academic Achievement and Social Adjustment of Students in the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Ghana

This study investigated the influence of peer counselling on social adjustment and academic achievement of students of University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana. Two hundred and forty (240) peer counselled and non-peer counselled respondents were sampled randomly for the study. Related literature on peer counselling, social adjustment and academic achievement were reviewed. The research designs used for the study were ex-post facto and correlation research designs. Data collection instruments were self-developed questionnaires on the influence of peer counselling on social adjustment and academic achievement. Instruments’ reliability co-efficient was 0.92. Data were analysed by Pearson’s product moment correlation statistics and independent sample T-test. Documentary analyses on students’ academic records were also conducted. The findings of the study were that peer counselling; improves social adjustment and academic achievement of students’, peer counselled students had increased academic achievement than their non-peer counselled counterparts. Finally, there was no significantstatistical difference in the social adjustment of students in terms of gender. It was therefore recommended that universitymanagement and Counsellors should intensify peer-counselling programmes in universities.