THE IMPACT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING ON THE STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
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Abstract
The goal of the study was to determine how counseling and advice affected secondary school students at Emmanuel College in Odeda, Ogun State’s academic performance. The research design used in the study was survey. One hundred SS3 pupils were chosen at random from the school using a basic random sampling technique. Thirty (30) of the students enrolled in the study are male, and seventy (70) are female. Data was gathered using a questionnaire that the researcher created and had validated with specialists. Using the Cronbach alpha approach, the instrument’s dependability was determined, and its reliability index was determined to be 0.88. Two hypotheses and four research questions served as the study’s compass. Testing of the hypotheses was done at the 0.05 significant level. One of the findings’ conclusions demonstrated the significant impact that advice and counseling had on helping students develop better study habits. More significantly, it affects students’ capacity to efficiently manage their time in order to improve their academic achievement. It was suggested that State Ministries of Education and school principals make sure guidance and counseling departments are set up in schools and that counselors use all appropriate methods and abilities when providing counseling.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
The development of guidance and counselling originated in Europe and the United States of America in 1900‟s. Meyer Bloomfield created a comprehensive student advising program in the United States in 1911. The emphasis was on vocational information, understanding of the working world, employment location, and examination anxiety reduction (Ogwokhademhe, Ajibola, Kayode, and Sheu, 2014). They recognized that attitudes toward guidance and counselling have shifted dramatically since the 1950s, and that understanding juvenile problems is one of the functions of school guidance and counselling. Services for guidance and counseling are crucial for a child’s development, particularly throughout the adolescent stage. The adolescent stage is characterized by rapid growth and change in the social, spiritual, physical, moral, and intellectual domains. Since secondary schools are the primary educational setting for teenagers, guidance and counseling services are essential. The terms guidance and counseling are closely related. Okita (2012) defines guidance as a broad category that includes all educational activities and services intended to help individual students understand themselves and adjust to school life. As such, it is intended to bring about maximum development and self-realization of human potentials for the benefit of the individual and the community. According to Umoh (2004), counseling is an exchange between the counselor and the client (counselee) in which the counselor attempts to assist the client in resolving a conflict that has impeded growth and development in interpersonal and interpersonal relationships by applying professional training, skills, knowledge, and experience. Stated differently, it is a helping relationship in which an individual receives assistance through face-to-face communication.
According to Bark (2013), guiding and counseling are the services that competent and skilled people offer to a person of any age to help them manage their everyday lives, form their own opinions, make their own decisions, and carry their own problems. Additionally, according to Braddock (2011), the goals of guidance and counseling in schools are to boost the acquisition and use of conflict resolution skills, foster positive study attitudes and habits, and reduce school dropout rates. Unpleasant results in society have increased as a result of adolescents not receiving advice and therapy during their youth. These include drug misuse, criminality, dropping out of school, and even not being able to get employment. As to Okita and Odihambo (2012), the term “guidance” encompasses a broad range of educational activities and services that are intended to help individual students gain self-awareness and cope with school life. “Counselling” is defined by Oye, Obi, Mohd, and Bernice (2012) as an interpersonal interaction in which one person tries to assist another in understanding and resolving issues arising from education, career, and family relationships. For the sake of both the individual and society as a whole, guidance and counseling are consequently intended to bring about the fullest development and self-realization of human potential. According to Oniye and Alawane (2008), a guidance and counseling program helps students align their values, interests, and abilities so they can reach their maximum potential. It direct student on appropriate career and subject choices; solving discipline, education, social and psychological problems; and general adjustment to school life.
Disksha and Kashyap (2016) guidance is interpreted as a specialized service to help the individual to solve certain major problems- personal, educational, and vocation. It is imperative that mechanisms like guidance and counseling be used in educational settings in order to help meet students’ educational, personal-social, and vocational needs. The importance of vocational guidance cannot be overstated. These kinds of advisory services help kids make important choices and constructive life changes. Therefore, the goal of guiding, a helpful service, is to modify behavior in order to lead a functioning life. The following services are included in the guidance program: assessment, information, counseling, placement, orientation, consulting, referral, and follow-up. Thus, educational changes should go beyond mere diversification of the curriculum if the changes should be a means of helping students to have integrated personality to realize their true potentials.
The school counselor must help the child shape his or her future by providing counseling treatment, as guidance and counseling are crucial educational tools in helping children overcome the bad notions that their peers have ingrained in them. Students hold school counselors in high regard and view them as role models. By virtue of their training, counselors are supposed to make friends with schoolchildren, listen to their grievances and deficiencies, and offer assistance, pointing them in the proper direction for their life goals. The school-age youngsters are going through some of the most trying times in their lives. Even the most well-adjusted youngster finds it challenging to make the shift from childhood to adulthood. In addition to the influence of the family, classmates, and the school have a significant impact on the life of the young person. For this reason, according to Herman (2009), the purpose of guidance and counseling services is to assist people with psychological issues in changing their behavior on their own will
enabling them to make informed decisions going forward and to make sense of their thoughts, perceptions, attitudes, and objectives. He went on to say that offering pupils a wide range of personnel services is the main goal of a school’s guidance and counseling program.
The Federal Ministry of Education in its efforts to encourage guidance education established a guidance counselling unit in 1961 to be supervised by an education officer in the ministry. This was momentarily discontinued due to the civil war in 1966, but was reinstated in with the implementation of the 6-3-3-4 educational system. By the end of the 1970s, the government had acknowledged the importance of guiding and counselling in the nation’s educational, economic, and social life. The emphasis of the third national development plan (1975-1980) was on meeting the nation’s manpower demands. The government then realized that in order for education to be complete, the beneficiary must feel fulfilled. As a result, the Counselling Association of Nigeria was founded in 1976 as an affiliate of the American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA). By 1981, the Federal Government had incorporated the requirement for guidance and counselling services and courses in our schools into its National Policy on Education. According to Kapur (2018), students who engage in certain harmful behaviors may have a negative impact on their psychological outlook and may suffer from issues such as despair, trauma, or stress. Based on this, he proposed that guidance and counseling services be formed in schools to assist students in solving difficulties, focusing on their studies, and becoming responsible members of society. As a result, the purpose of this study was to identify characteristics that are likely to influence secondary school students’ study and job choices in Nigeria.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
The choice of a certain vocation, on the other hand, is one of the most essential decisions one takes in their lives, and it is as important as life itself because of the long-term repercussions on the individual. The 6-3-3-4 educational system in Nigeria was generally focused toward harmonizing society with its technical needs as it attempted to build society as the need arose. The problem of inferiority complex, personal confidence, self-motivation, and inter-personal relationships lead to the development of fellow pupils, which can lead to absenteeism in school. Furthermore, some kids lack self-confidence in their ability to care for themselves and refuse to accept assistance from others. The following are the issues that present themselves in students’ social and emotional needs and affect students’ learning conditions: Drug addiction is a serious problem that teachers, parents, school administrations, and counselors struggle to deal with and resolve, because it is usually difficult to break this habit formation when pupils stray from counselor’s recommendations. The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) also facilitates communication between teachers and parents. This can be used as a yardstick to measure the progress of the state’s guidance and counseling program, but the lack of such an association has been posing a threat to the guidance and counseling program in schools in places where the association is established, parents tend to neglect attendance at such meetings whenever they are invited, as a result they cannot understand their children’s problems as well as their academic achievements. Counseling programs are critical in the prevention of educational, personal, social, mental, and emotional difficulties. Many school officials have failed to accept the program because they do not understand the value of providing competent counseling services. For advice services, a large number of them would rather work with career masters than with licensed counselors. Qualified experts are the only ones who can teach the new and sophisticated professional academic problem-solving strategies. The low attendance rate of students in counseling sessions in schools that offer guidance and counseling services has resulted in a significant reduction in secondary school students’ academic performance. Owing to the gap identified above, this study seeks to determine the impact of guidance and counseling on the students’ academic performance.
1.3 Objective of the Study
The general purpose of this study is to find out the impact of guidance and counselling on the students’ academic performance. Specifically, this study intends to determine;
- To ascertain the relationship between counselling and career choice of secondary school students.
- To determine the role of counselling in helping students develop knowledge and appreciation of themselves and others.
- To ascertain the impact of guidance and counseling on students’ study habit in Emmanuel College Odeda Ogun State.
- To examine the impact of guidance and counseling on students’ ability to manage their time for better academic performance in Emmanuel College Odeda Ogun State.
1.4 Research Questions
The following research question were formulated in-line with the study objectives to guide the research:
- Is there any significant relationship between counselling and career choice of secondary school students?
- Does counselling help students developing knowledge and appreciation of themselves and others?
- What is the impact of guidance and counseling on students’ study habit in Emmanuel College Odeda Ogun State?
- What is the impact of guidance and counseling on students’ ability to manage their time for better academic performance in Emmanuel College Odeda Ogun State?
- Research Hypotheses
Three null and alternate hypotheses were formulated by the researcher for testing:
H0: There is no significant relationship between counselling and career choice of secondary school students.
H1: There is significant relationship between counselling and career choice of secondary school students.
HO: Counselling does not help students develop knowledge and appreciation of themselves and others.
H2: Counselling do help students develop knowledge and appreciation of themselves and others.
1.6 Significance of the Study
Making decisions is the toughest thing to do in life, so it makes sense that they are crucial. Youths are typically the ones who struggle with career selection, something that guidance and counseling officers can hopefully assist with. The study will assist in resolving the issues that arise over profession choice between parents and students.
Parents, students, the community, and the government will all benefit from the research since it will highlight the shortcomings of the guidance field and provide evidence for why well-counseled children should succeed academically and in their professions. The management of the schools under investigation will benefit from this research by understanding the value of guidance and counseling services in the classroom.
It is anticipated that the results of this study will assist curriculum designers in creating instructional plans that will be utilized to educate students the particular aptitude and abilities needed to fulfill their career goals.
Secondary school students can greatly benefit from the study by developing the skills and mindset needed to create educational goals that are appropriate for their needs, interests, and talents.
To secondary school instructors in offering the required guidance, assistance, and counseling regarding students’ career choices.
To parents, allowing them to examine their children’s inner potential, interests, and goals rather than pressuring them into a certain career path.
To academics, policymakers, researchers, and the general public who want to expand the scope of their investigation of the effects of career counseling on professional decision-making.
1.7 Scope and Limitation of the Study
This study centers on the impact of guidance and counselling on the students’ academic performance in Emmanuel College Odeda Ogun State. The study was majorly restricted to mainly SS3 students from the in Emmanuel College Odeda Ogun State. However the research has some constraints which are;
Time: the time at the disposal of the researcher which is allocated for the study was a major limitation as the researcher has to combine other academic work with the study.
Finance: The finance at the disposal of the researcher in the course of the study does not allow for wider coverage as resources are very limited as the researcher has other academic bills to cover.
1.8 Definition of Terms
Counselling: An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by one or many people – usually family and friends – to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis, or other serious problem.
Career: A career is an individual’s journey through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define a career and the term is used in a variety of ways.
Guidance: help and advice about how to do something or about how to deal with problems connected with your work, education, or personal relationship.
Guidance Counselors: A school counselor is a counselor and an educator who works in primary (elementary and middle) schools and/or secondary schools to provide academic, career, college access/affordability/admission, and social-emotional competencies to all students through a school counseling program.
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