Guidance and Counselling

The study investigated the Influence of guidance and Counselling Service on the career
choice of female secondary school student in Edo State. To achieve the purpose of the study 5 research questions were raised and answered. The descriptive survey research method was adopted for the study. The sample for the study comprised 150 female students, with 50 students selected from each of the three secondary schools in Egor, redo and Ikpobahoka local government area of Edo state. Data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics, precisely mean and standard deviation. The research instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Influence of Guidance and Counselling Services on Career Choice Questionnaire (IGCSCCQ).” The constructed questionnaire for the study was presented to the project Supervisor to confirm for content validity. The cronbrach Alpha method was used to determine reliability of the instrument. The questionnaire was administered to a group of 20 respondents which were not part of the population. A cronbrach Alpha coefficient Of .832 was obtained, this shows that the instrument was reliable. The study investigate the influence of guidance and Counselling services on the career choice of female secondary school students in Edo state To achieve the purpose of the study 5 research questions were raised and answered. The descriptive survey research method was adopted for the study. The sample for the study comprised 150 female students, with 50 students selected from each of the three secondary schools in Egor, 9 Oredo and Ikpobahoka local government area of Edo state. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics, precisely mean and standard deviation. The research instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Influence of Guidance and Counselling Services on Career Choice Questionnaire (IGCSCCQ).” The constructed questionnaire for the study was presented to the project Supervisor to confirm for content validity. The cronbrach Alpha method was used to determine reliability of the instrument. The questionnaire was administered to a group of 20 respondents which were not part of the population. A cronbrach Alpha coefficient Of was obtained. This shows that the instrument was reliable. The findings revealed that guidance and counselling services play a significant role in improving students’ career awareness and decision-making. Students who received counselling reported greater confidence in choosing career paths aligned with their interests and strengths. Additionally, guidance counsellors were found to be instrumental in providing career information, yet the study identified various challenges affecting the effectiveness of career counselling services, such as a lack of trained counsellors, high student-to- counsellor ratios, and limited career resources. The study recommend that Career guidance should be fully integrated into the secondary school curriculum, with structured counselling sessions held regularly. This will ensure that students receive consistent career guidance rather than occasional counselling sessions.

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