A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in January 2006, amongrnButajira senior secondary school students. The objective of the study was tornassess the perception and attitude of the students towards voluntary counselingrnand testing (VCT) services based on Health Belief Model.rnA multi stage sampling method was used to fill 658 self-administeredrnquestionnaires of which 638 were returned complete making the respondent raternof 96.9%. Among the respondents, 415(65%) were males and 223(35%) werernfemales. The mean age of the students was 16.25Â± 2.09. Of both sex mix,rn129(20.22%) of the respondents had sexual experience i.e. 16.92% of the malesrnand 3.3% of the females. The majority, 96.7% of them had heard about VCTrnservices from different sources but only 118(18.5%) of the students hadrnundergone VCT. Eighty two percent of the students were willing to undergornVCT. A theoretical construct with the intention to willingness to under go VCTrnwas analyzed. Thus bi-variate regression analysis showed that willingness tornVCT was significantly associated with perceived susceptibility AOR=0.37(0.28,rn0.89), perceived barrier AOR= 0.45 (0.23, 0.89), perceived benefit AOR=1.79rn(1.44, 2.49)rnEven if majority of the students had high level of knowledge, still they werernengaged in risky sexual behavior. About half of the students had low perceptionrnixrntowards acquiring HIV. Therefore, Information, education and communicationrnprograms should be established and emphasis should be put on reproductivernhealth in order to encourage the students to avoid unsafe sex. HIV preventivernmessages like VCT should emphasis on personal susceptibility to HIV/ AIDS.rnSelf-efficacy of the students to use VCT should be strengthened and quantitativernstudy on perceived barriers and benefit of VCT should be conducted.