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Effect Of Guidance And Counselling Among Senior Secondary School Students In Their Choice Of Career
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The counsellor occupies a very strategic position in any educational
system. The Federal Government is aware of this fact this is why the
re-emphasis is one the need for guidance and counselling services in the
new National Policy on education (9-3-4) system. It is also clear from
the Federal Ministry of Education that counsellors should operate on
full time basis. Also most principals and teachers are aware of the
counsellors’ services. Despite this fact, it has been observed that the
services are not encouraged at the secondary school level.
Apart from academic problems of failure and dropout of students, from
schools, other numerous psyco-social, vocational and personal social
problems abound among students in our secondary schools.
The control or resolution of these problems is always channeled to
mainly school authorities and teachers while the seeking of counsellors
attention is always ignored.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH
It examines the important role of guidance and counselling in the secondary schools.
The purpose of the study is to find out the effect of guidance and
counselling on senior secondary school student in their choice of
career.
It also intends to assist and enlightened the
secondary school students when choosing their subject combinations,
especially the senior students when preparing for their final
examination which lead them to their offer courses in higher
institution.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
outcome of this study may serve as the basis for arising the government
to locate and appoint counsellors in our secondary schools as guiding
the (Adolescent) students in choosing their career for their future.
The researcher will also enlightened the administrators in the
secondary schools on the vital role of a counsellor in a school and not
an intruders in their schools.
The guidance counsellor also will not be looked down on their job which the government think it is mere luxury.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study is based on the effect of guidance counselling in our school
especially the senior secondary students in their choice of career when
choosing it and how school administrators will embraced counsellors in
their schools.
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