PERCEPTIONOFTHEIMPACTOFGUIDANCEANDCOUNSELLING SERVICES AMONGSECONDARYSCHOOLSTUDENTSONACADEMIC PERFORMANCEINOREDOLOCALGOVERNMENTAREA
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The study investigated the Perception of students on the impact of Guidance and Counselling services on academic performance in public secondary Schools in Oredo Local Government area, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. Four research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted the survey research design. The population of the study was
2000 SSS2 students from five public schools in Oredo Local Government Area in Edo State Nigeria. The sample size is Seventy-nine (79) 36 males and 43 females SSS2 student selected through simple random sampling techniques. The Instrument used for data collection was a 20-item questionnaire adopted from James 2023. The instrument contains four subscales of Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree and strongly Disagree (SD). The instrument was validated by three experts from the Department of Educational Evaluation and Counselling Psychology. It yielded an Cronbach Alpha reliability
coefficients of .667, .735, .713 and .735 for sub-scale 1,2,3 and 4 respectively. Data collected from the participants were analyzed using mean for research questions. while the independent sample t-test was used to test hypothesis at 0.05 level significance. The findings from the study reveals that the Guadiance and Counselling services available in schools in Oredo Local public are appraisal services and orientation program. Also, students perceived the Guidance and Counselling services to be impactful in classroom participation activities, career development and academic performance but not xi impactful on their attitude towards academic peers. It was therefore recommended that other types of Guidance and Counselling services should be made available in the public schools in Oredo Local Government Area because of its perceived impact on students academic performance
2000 SSS2 students from five public schools in Oredo Local Government Area in Edo State Nigeria. The sample size is Seventy-nine (79) 36 males and 43 females SSS2 student selected through simple random sampling techniques. The Instrument used for data collection was a 20-item questionnaire adopted from James 2023. The instrument contains four subscales of Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree and strongly Disagree (SD). The instrument was validated by three experts from the Department of Educational Evaluation and Counselling Psychology. It yielded an Cronbach Alpha reliability
coefficients of .667, .735, .713 and .735 for sub-scale 1,2,3 and 4 respectively. Data collected from the participants were analyzed using mean for research questions. while the independent sample t-test was used to test hypothesis at 0.05 level significance. The findings from the study reveals that the Guadiance and Counselling services available in schools in Oredo Local public are appraisal services and orientation program. Also, students perceived the Guidance and Counselling services to be impactful in classroom participation activities, career development and academic performance but not xi impactful on their attitude towards academic peers. It was therefore recommended that other types of Guidance and Counselling services should be made available in the public schools in Oredo Local Government Area because of its perceived impact on students academic performance
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