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CHAPTER ONE | |||||
1.1
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It
would be of great help to discuss
guidance and counseling and how in
how it came into Nigeria. Before taking our mind into the need for the need of
counseling center in primary school in Edo state, i will first look into the
terms guidance and counseling and could be used separately and may be exchange,
although they are not necessary syndromes guidance is an umbrella terms for
both guidance and Counselling while Counselling is an essential part of
guidance.
Some
authors have claimed that attempt to differentiate between guidance and
Counselling have not met with any notice degree of meaning they went further to
say that differences between them are artificial and that the term could be
interchangeable
According
to Downing (1992) guidance is the assistance given to enable a person gain
clarification of the essence of this like.
The essense is a meaningful selfhood freedom individual, dignity
equality of opportunities responsible citizenship and worthy activity in work
and leisure.
According
to Shertzer and Stone (1996) sees
guidance as a process of helping the individual to understand himself and also
come to know that people he interacts with more deeply. It is also the process of helping individual
to discover his vocational social and psychological potentials and likewise
development.
Mertin
et al (1995) defined counseling as a process which take place in pone-relationship
between as individual faced with problem which he cannot cope with alone, and a
professional worker whose training and experience qualify him to assist other
to arrive at solution interaction that occurs between two individual that is a
counselor and a client or counselee.
According
to Eduwen (1994) counseling is a contact between a counselor and a counselee to
overcome his crises, on the other hand, guidance and counseling services are
desirable responses to social needs and aspiration.
1.2
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Counseling
center is essential to all levels of education unfortunately there has been no
record of any counseling centres in primary school in Egor Local Government
Area of Edo State. Due to this
development, the pupils cannot identify their talents because of lack of
counseling. Furthermore many pupils do
not know the importance of education and the work around them and therefore,
they do not take their environment seriously.
All
principals of schools or heads of schools and parents always have the notion
that the essence of education is for the child to acquire knowledge only but
that is not all. The aim of education
will be well defined it the pupils can out of interest or ambition choose a
trade or vocation. The number of school
drop outs, the rate of juvenile delinquency, armed robbing as well as other
social ills such as lack of respect for constituted authorities and a host of
others will continue to increase with absence of counseling centers in primary
schools.
1.3
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The
main purpose of this study is to tined out the need for counseling centers in
primary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.
It
will also investigate it ignorance of the usefulness of counseling is a major
problem hindering the setting up of counseling centers in primary schools in
Egor Local Government Area of Edo State before now.
Accordingly,
this study will also investigate and identify other problems facing
implementation of counseling centers in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State
and makes appropriate recommendation to the authorities.
1.4
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This
study is significant for the following reasons in primary schools in Egor Local
Government Area of Edo State. It will
also provide opportunities for the researcher and others to obtain firsthand
information on how counseling centers will be provided in primary schools in
Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.
This
study is also paramount, as it will help to fine out the individual problems of
pupils, thereby helping them to overcome these problems and enhance effective
teaching and learning. It will be of
great importance to the pupils, teachers, parents, society, counselors,
constituted authorities and many others.
It will also help to create good morals in the pupils to know the
usefulness of Education and make them work very hard to achieve success. It will be of huge not appropriate to
teachers and pupils who may have had a number of complex problems associated
with their careers.
It
addition, practicing counseling will enable the teachers to think the result of
this study useful in the discharge of their duties.
Finally
the researcher hopes that the result or outcome of this study will help the
educational planner to see the need for counseling centers in primary schools
in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.
1.5
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This
study was carried out in some elected primary school in Egor Local Government
Area of Edo State.
These
schools does includes:
1. Ezor Primary school
2. Uwelu Primary School
3. Eweka Primary School
4. Standard Primary School
5. Blessed At. Paul memorial school
6. Step Forward group of school
7. New Discovery group of school
8. O.L.A Primary School
9. Emota Primary School
10. Adesuwa Primary School
The
investigation covered primary school pupils from primary 4 – 6 using at least
one hundred (100) students randomly selected from each of the classes in
different school so selected.
Moreover,
some homes in Egor Local Government Area was also visited.
RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
1. would there be need for counseling center in primary school?
2. will the provision of
counseling center in primary school’s be at great help to parents and teachers?
3. is the establishment of
counseling units in primary schools of ny benefit to teachers?
4. will counseling centers in primary schools help pupils?
5. is counseling centers in primary schools of great help to
government?
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EFFECT OF GUIDANCE AND CONSELLING CENTRES IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
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