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The Need For Guidance And Counseling Services Among Nigeria University Students
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Denga (2003) is of the opinion that the need for guidance and
counselling in our educational system is increasingly pressing as
educational, economic, technological, social and ideological
advancements are being made. Each student will need to be helped to
strengthen his own abilities to make meaningful and realistic choices
and to face problems encountered in the society.
According to
Oladele (2007) no matter how good and well constructed an educational
policy may be, if guidance and counselling is not given priority and
made an integral part of the system, it cannot succeed. Guidance and
counselling services within the frame work of education has the
potential to help an individual to realistically examine his/her belief
and values within the comprehensive nature of the university set up,
only good guidance and counselling services can help the undergraduate
through social adjustment to take the right decisions and understand
himself and his world.
The importance of guidance and
counselling services among undergraduates are glaring and inevitable.
The services are veritable instruments for achieving success in and out
of school. As revealed by findings and conducted by number of Nigerian
scholars, among whom are Adugbo (2000), Denga (2003), Allolla (2004),
Bello (2007), guidance and counselling services are yet to take off
effectively in Nigerian schools generally due to some problems that are
yet to be addressed properly.
These problems includes
inadequate number of personnel (counsellors), lack of materials and
facilities for effective guidance services, lack of finance, inadequate
time allocated to guidance and counselling services in schools,
unhealthy perception of the school head, counsellor, students and
parents.
The need for guidance and counselling services
amongst Nigerian university students cannot be compromised if the
universities must actualize the goals for which they were established.
So it is important for the universities to properly design counselling
services to interpret the goals of the constitution the students and his
family in term of its ability to satisfy students’ educational,
vocational, social and personal needs. Also it is important for the
achievement of academic goals and aspiration in the university.
Statement of the Problem
The following are some of the problems that will make university undergraduates face a lot of worry:
1. Emotional stress
2. Victimization from lecturers
3. Persons and social needs
4. Indecent dressing
5. Examination malpractice
6. Peer group influence e.g drinking, smoking, cultism etc
7. Financial insecurity (lack of finance)
8. Sexual harassment
9. Addiction to social networking like face book, 2go, twitter to mention but a few.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study investigated the need for guidance and counseling among Nigerian University Students, a case study of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State. The participants were sixteen thousand, eight hundred and fifty one (16,851) students of Ambrose Alli University drawn from the ten faculties of the school. To address the problem of study, five research questions were raised. The researcher adopted a survey research design. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled†... Continue reading---
