Francis Stanley Sikanyika is a Teacher and Professional Counsellor. He is currently serving in the Ministry of Education (Zambia) as Guidance and Counselling Teacher; Zonal Special Education Coordinator at Bwalya Mponda Secondary School in Lunga District, Luapula Province. He holds a Bachelor of Education in Special Education from the University of Zambia, and Master of Science in Counselling from the University of Zambia/ Zimbabwe Open University. Before joining the Ministry of Education in 2016, Francis lectured fulltime at MOSA University (then MOSA College of Education) and part-time at DMI St. Eugene University under the Institute of Virtual and Distance Learning (IDVL). Further, Francis has authored and published books entitled ‘The Power in Me’, ‘Implementing Guidance and Counselling in Secondary Schools’, and co-authored and co-published ‘Inspirations of a Woman’. Currently, he has three academic co-authored published journal articles, and working on many more solo and team papers.