Challenges on Utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) In Counselling and its’ Implication for Capacity Building

Iyeke Patrick Okoh

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This paper addressed the potential benefits of utilizing Information Communication Technology (ICT) in counselling in Nigerian. Among other things ICT in counselling will help extend counselling services to homes, work places and even community locations. The avenues through which ICT can be employed in counselling were also discussed. These include the use of internet websites, telephone help-lines and the electronic mail system. While these have been used effectively in different nations of the world, they are yet to take root in Nigeria. One of the potential problems in ICT application in counselling is the lack of computer literacy among counselling professionals. Adequate infrastructures are also not available. In the light of these, it was recommended that counselling professionals in Nigeria be made to up-date their knowledge and skills through in-service programmes. They should be made to acquire computer skills, thereby enhancing capacity-building of counselling personnel in Nigeria


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