Guidance and counseling services in schools do not only focus on the problems of students but also help the development, rehabilitation and prevention aspects of students who are culturally diverse. This study aimed to identify the relationship of multicultural counseling competency levels with length of service and gender. This study uses a survey design to identify the level of competency in multicultural counseling. A total of 110 school counselors of primary schools in Kuala Lumpur were used as the study sample. The instrument used in the study is the Multicultural Counseling Scale. The findings of the study show that the level of multicultural counseling competency is high. The pearson correlation analysis showed that there was no significant relationship between the level of multicultural counseling competency with the length of service and gender. The results of ANOVA analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the level of multicultural counseling competency with the length of service, and t test analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the level of multicultural counseling competency with gender. This study has implications for school counselors, the Ministry of Education Malaysia and educational institutions in formulating training plans for school counselors and trainee counselors.
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To Cite this Article: Noh, M. M., Bakar, A. Y. A. & Nasir, M. K. M. (2022). Relationship between Multicultural Counseling Competency Level with Length of Service and Gender. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 12(7), 205– 216.
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