Influence of Guidance and Counseling on StudPageent's Academic Achievement Secondary Schools in Jega, Kebbi State, Nigeria

Ismail Bin Abdulwahab, Muhammad Musa Galamaji

Abstract


This study was carried out in Jega local government to examine the influence of guidance and counselling on the academic achievement of secondary school students. An ex post facto research design was adopted in this study. Questionnaires were administered to collect data from the selected respondents. The data was processed and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the study reveals that: Secondary schools in the study area differed in the number of guidance and counseling services that they had implemented. Teacher counsellors had little training in guidance and counseling. Stakeholders adequately supported guidance and counseling programme in the schools. Students were aware of the role and importance of career counseling in their schools. Guidance and counseling programme has a positive impact on the academic achievement of students. The need for the teacher counselors to implement all the services required for guidance and counseling, and improving the level of training for teacher counselors in guidance and counseling is recommended.


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