Analysis of Guidance and Counseling Services in Overcoming Students' Learning Difficulties during The Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Guidance and counseling services at schools are very necessary because every student at school can be sure to have problems, both personal problems and problems in learning, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine whether school guidance and counseling services in overcoming student’s learning difficulties have been effective or not during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study was descriptive quantitative and conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Bandar Lampung for the Academic Year 2021/2022. Data collection technique in this study used a questionnaire consisting of 23 question items. The results of the questionnaire showed that as many as 6 services were categorized as good and 1 was categorized as poor. Services that were categorized as good include information services, placement and distribution, group guidance, consultation, mediation, and orientation. Meanwhile, the service which is categorized as less good was individual counseling service. Thus, it can be concluded that the implementation of guidance and counseling services at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Bandar Lampung in the 2021/2022 Academic Year in general has been good in overcoming student learning difficulties during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it is necessary to improve the individual counseling services.