GUIDANCE

This study investigated The Influence of Guidance and Counseling Services on Students’ Discipline in Private Secondary Schools in Oredo Local Government Area, Benin City. The study aimed to examine how guidance and counseling services contribute to maintaining and improving students’ discipline in private secondary schools. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of students and teachers in selected private secondary schools within the Oredo Local Government Area. A total of 120 respondents were selected through random sampling, and data were collected using structured questionnaires.The instrument’s reliability was established through a pilot test, yielding a satisfactory reliability coefficient. Data collected were analyzed using simple percentages and mean scores to answer the research questions. Findings revealed that guidance and counseling services significantly influence students’ discipline by reducing cases of truancy, lateness, fighting, and other forms of misconduct. The results further showed that effective counseling programs promote moral behavior, self- control, and respect for school rules among students. It was recommended that schools should provide adequate facilities, employ qualified counselors, and ensure the proper implementation

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