Role of counselling in reducing examination stress at Luanshya boys secondary schools, Luanshya district, Zambia

The study aimed at investigating the role of counseling in reducing examination stress among the pupils at LB secondary school. Guidance and counseling is a crucial service that settles the minds of pupils when they are faced with dilemmas that affect their education. Provision of academic direction and roadmap to pupil is the counseling main assumption. The case study design was used in order to generate the real situation on the ground. The sample size was ten 14 comprising of ten pupils and four School Counsellors. Purposive sampling was used when selecting the four counselors by virtue of them being members of the School Guidance unit. In addition, snowball sampling was used to select the ten pupils who were fond of complaining of stress related cases, dodging and poor performing in class test as observed from progress chart. Semi structured Interview guide and Termly Progress Chart were used to collect data from the participants. Data was analyzed thematically. It was found that fear of failure, lack of preparedness and lack of rest, unpreparedness to comprehend what they study contributes. The study concluded that counseling role in reducing examination stress needs to be modernized to some advanced heights because is common in every pupil to have fear of failure when it comes to examinations readiness. Recommendations were drawn relevantly from the findings that would create the least restrictive school environment free from examination stress among pupils