ABSTRACT
This research assessed
guidance and counseling service in Abubakar Gumi College, Sabo Kaduna. Efforts
were made to assess the conditions the quality of the available counselors and
awareness created in the students. The results showed that the Guidance Counselor,
through qualified, is not efficient and adequate. The guidance programme is
poor organized with no facilities such as guidance counseling offices, large
enough for group counseling libraries, computers, and shelves etc. students
also do not show any interest in the programme since their interests were not
aroused. All of these shortcomings have contributed to student’s poor academic
performance in both internal and external examination.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Title page - - - - - - - - - i
Declaration - - - - - - - - - ii
Approval page - - - - - - - - - iii
Dedication - - - - - - - - - iv
Acknowledgement
- - - - - - - - v
Abstract - - - - - - - - - - vi
Table of Contents - - - - - - - - vii
CHAPTER ONE:
Introduction
Background of the study - - - - - - - 1
Purpose of the study - - - - - - - 2
Significance of the study - - - - - - - 3
Research Questions - - - - - - - - 5
Scope and Delimitation of the study - - - - 5
CHAPTER TWO:
Literature Review
Introduction - - - - - - - - - 7
Concept of guidance and counseling - - - - 8
Disparity between Guidance and counseling - - - 13
Brief History and development of guidance and
In Nigeria Counseling - - - - - - - 16
Review of Guidance Practice of the National
Policy on Education - - - - - - - - 18
Need for guidance and counseling in Nigeria school - 21
The school guidance service - - - - - - 27
Problems militating against effective guidance - - 33
Strategies for improvement of Guidance counseling - 38
Previous research findings on guidance counseling - - 40
Summary of the chapter - - - - - - - 42
CHAPTER
THREE: Research Methodology
Introduction - - - - - - - - - 43
Research design - - - - - - - - 43
Area of the study - - - - - - - - 43
Population of the study - - - - - - - 44
Sample and sampling procedure - - - - - 44
Instrument for data collection - - - - - - 45
Instrument for Data Analysis - - - - - - - 46
Validity and Reliability of instrument - - - - 46
CHAPTER
FOUR: Data Presentation & Analysis
Introduction - - - - - - - - - 47
Summary of Data - - - - - - - - 47
Presentation and Analysis of Data - - - - - 48
Discussion of Results - - - - - - - 53
CHAPTER FIVE: Summary,
Conclusion, Recommendation and Suggestion
Introduction - - - - - - - - 57
Restatement of
the problem - - - - - - 57
Summary of
procedure - - - - - - -
Major finding - - - - - - - - 58
Discussion and
findings - - - - - - - 59
Summary and
Conclusion to the chapter - - - - 63
Recommendation - - - - - - - - 64
Recommendation
for further study- - - - - - 65
Reference - - - - - - - - 66
Questionnaire - - - - - - - - 69
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Background of the
Study
It has been very glaring that Guidance and Counseling has
been lacking in our educational system, until recently, this discipline has
been grossly omitted in the system. Due to the absence of career guidance, many
students have not got the proper skill to function effectively in the world of
work. A good number of students have not been able to examine their
potentialities and attempt to find career that will bring them job
satisfaction; this may be attributed to either not Listening to a guidance
counsel or not receiving counsel at all. It is therefore imperative to expose
out students to various methods or ways of choosing the right career, this
cannot be over emphasized. It has been discovered that most schools do not have
a functional guidance and counseling rather what exist is a miniature office
occupied by teaching staff who offers skeletal guidance occasionally to
students a wall as still teach his/her complete weekly periods, hence not
having time for the guidance and counseling services.
In view of this schools are encouraged to have a solid and
functional guidance and counseling programme being headed bya qualified
counselor to meet the individual needs of the students.
Abubakar Gumi College, Kaduna is situated in the South of
Kaduna in Chikun Local Government within Sabo Locality.
The school is fairly a large one with a population of
approximately two thousand, eight hundred students hence, it obviously needs
the services of more than one qualified guidance counselor, to meet the
guidance needs of the students. As a staff of the school. I do agree that there
exist a guidance counselor but of course this study will determine if it is
continuously functional, how qualified and adequate the personnel is.
Purpose of the Study
The research is designed to examine and avert the various
problems associated with students studying courses that find no relevance to
our society, hence the need to enquire whether the students had no form of
guidance while in secondary school. Specifically, this study.
1) Investigate current Guidance and counseling programmes
practiced in our secondary schools with specific reference to Christ
Ambassadors’ College.
2) Ascertain the extent to which the available guidance
counselors engages in the programme as well as the extent to which students
actually makes use of the available guidance counsel.
3) Identify strategies for improvement and promote effective
guidance counseling programme in our secondary schools.
4) Identify strategies for improvement and promotion of
effective guidance counseling programme in our secondary school.
Significance of the
Study
The national Policy on Education advocated for the
implementation of guidance and counseling programmes in schools’ curricula.
However, since this implementation one will expect the level of discipline in
our schools to rise, rather there seem to be a current upsurge in the acts of
indiscipline, riots and poor academic results. It had become increasingly
difficult to control large schools which Abubakar Gumi College, Kaduna is one
of such.
This study, therefore, intends to look into the
functionability of guidance services, the challenges involved and how it can be
improved. It is expected that in secondary schools, guidance assistance offered
should be very effective to enable students, attain academic success, remove
personal or emotional problems and also teach them how to deal and handle
complicated inter – personal relationship with others around.
The study is expected to enhance better communication
between the students and the counselors as well as the authorities of schools,
since communication is an important ingredient for effective and successful
counseling. The research work will be useful to the government in improving
guidance in our secondary schools. In addition, further researchers in this
related field of study will find this research useful.
Research Questions
1.
How much does the
students known about the guidance and counseling.
2.
How adequate and
qualified are the personnel in change of guidance and counseling in Christ
Ambassadors’ College?
3.
Are there adequate
facilities for guidance services?
4.
Is the school
providing the necessary environment and encouragement needed for the services?
5.
What is the
relationship between the counselor and the students well as other member of
staff?
6.
Does a functional
guidance service exist in the school?
Scope and Delimitation
of the Study
This scope examined the challenges, constraints, support
and encouragement given to guidance in secondary schools.
However, due to the time constraint and duration permitted
for the study, the research was restricted to Abubakar Gumi College, Kaduna
only.
It examined the effectiveness of the counselor as well as
the knowledge of student about the service and the relationship between the
counselor, the students and the management of the school.
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