This paper assessed teacher’s perception on school counselor’s effectiveness in secondary schools in Buea Sub-Division. The objectives were to examine the influence of teacher’s beliefs, teacher’s knowledge, and teacher’s experiences on school counsellors’ effectiveness. The article was anchored on the Gestalt Theory (Wertheimer et al., 1880s), Theory of Planned Behavior Ajzen (1991 and the Self – determination theory by Deci and Ryan (1985). The convergent mixed parallel research design was used. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches and instruments were used to collect data at the same time for the purpose of understanding. The population of the study comprises male and female teachers in eleven selected secondary schools with a total population of one thousand four hundred and fifty (1450) teachers. The purposive sampling technique was used with a sample size of 500 with potential respondents of one hundred and eighty (180) teachers. The instrument used for the data collection were a structured questionnaire for teachers and an interview guide designed for school counselors. Frequency tables and weighted mean score were used for data analysis while z-test statistical tool was used for the test of hypothesis with 0.05 level of significance. Based on the analysis, the findings reveal that teachers‟ beliefs, knowledge and experiences with teachers in secondary schools in Buea Sub-Division Influences collaboration between teachers and school counselors, academic performance of the students and how effective a counselor may or may not play their role. It also shows that teachers beliefs towards guidance and counselling have been repulsive and that guidance and counselling constraints can affect information and awareness service. Based on the findings, it is recommends that: school management should organize awareness or sensitization campaign to enlighten the principals, teachers, counsellors and students on their work relationship, school management should integrate counselling service into the school academic timetable and government and school management should provide office space and equipment for the counsellors.
Keywords: Teachers, Perception, School Counsellors, Effectiveness
