Agbasi (1974:7) defined guidance and
counseling as a process of helping an individual to understand accurately both
himself and the world of work. This particularly refers to specific education
and job requirements of occupation available to him.
According to Nwafor (1981:19), guidance and
counseling services have not been fully implemented in most Nigerian primary
school because of the inadequacy of trained manpower and materials for carrying
out the services,in Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna state of
Nigeria this has inhabited the manifestation of some key problems hindering the
school
which the trained counseling could have identified easily.
The implication is that the period when the
child undergoes primary school education is during his pre-adolescent time when
he supposed to receive more care. Because there is no effective guidance and
counseling service, most pupils find it difficult to adjust themselves to
situations when they are confronted with the choice of career in life.
Nwofor (1981:20) further suggested that
guidance and counseling should be fully included in primary school. The author
emphasized that the practice will ensure that students or pupils benefit fully
from the country’s educational system as their proper guidance will lead them
to become better future administrators of schools.