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The purpose of this study is to examine how secondary school administrators perceive guidance and psychological counseling services. For this reason, the way of thinking about school guidance and psychological counselinfg provided by secondary school administrators, the contribution of guidance and psyhological counseling (RPD) services to school management, the guidance and psychological counseling services applied in scholls and the evaluations of the effects of these services on school and students are discussed. In the 2016 - 2017 acaemic year, the research population is composed of six vocational high schools, a normal high school, a collage middle school and two normal secondary schools in the Gazimağusa district center of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, School principals and manager’s assistants were reached from each school and total of 20 school administrators were interviewed. The data collection tool consists of a semi-structured interview form. The data obtained from interviews were analyzed by content analysis. According to the result of the research, secondary school administrators are aware of the importance of guidance and psychological counseling services and expect to be aware of guidance and psychological counseling services and to use these services more effectively in their schools. In this respect, opinions were reached that the school administration affairs will be alleviated and the school image will be positively affected. According to the results of the interviews, the perspective and expectations of RPD services are divided into two groups as secondary schools and high schools. According to the development periods of the students, the services that the guidance and psychological counseling services are active and inactive vary in schools. School management therefore demands more passive services in schools. The common result is that RPD services are expected to work more effectively and to work effectively to include all student and stakeholders.

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