Generally
speaking, the importance of guidance and counseling cannot be over emphasized,
because it is required at home, working places, schools or any place where
people live together for mutual benefits. There may be few persons that are
more knowledgeable and more experienced to guide and direct others. lack of
guidance and counseling in education was a missing treasure until the
revolutionary changes in science and technology emerged with variety of jobs in
various sector such as agriculture, banking, industries, economic, political
just to mention a few.
According
to Makinde (1987) “the fist concerted effort towards providing career guidance
was under taken by a group of catholic sisters at St. Theresa’s College Ibadan.
This group stared a pioneering work by monitoring small scale career guidance
for the final year student. Just like the American experience in 1908, emphasis
was placed on vocational information and placement services. The teacher
invited representative from various government departments, industries and
other establishment parastatals to give career talks to their students in the
aspect of employment opportunities and qualification requirements in their
various establishments.
The success of St, Theresa’s College gave a great
encouragement to other schools in Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ijebu Ode and Lagos to
start similar programmes. In order to fasten vocational guidance workshop were
organized periodically in the schools with the federal government policy on
education for the 6-3-3-4 system. Each Nigeria child was and is to go to school
as far as junior secondary school. It also hopes the child after the junior secondary
school, to go to the field where he is capable. Like the technical, vocational,
aesthetic, academic or even self – reliant. The 6-3-3-4 system is a primary
means of evaluating student. The guidance and counseling personnel is expected
to keep to record of the student, family background, academic performance and
personal social health. These should be collecting and confidentially kept for
guidance purpose in the secondary school up to higher institution and extended
to the employment level after school. Thus guidance and counseling is an integral
part of 6-3-3-4 system.
To
implement government policies effectively, profession counselors, principals,
and teachers are charged with the responsibilities and are therefore assigning
to schools. The services render by them are: appraisals, placement, counseling,
orientation and follow up services which comes under the offices of guidance
and counseling services in schools.
The
importance of guidance and counseling in the school cannot be ignored or be little.
His therefore, aims at highlight the need for guidance and counseling programme
in the schools.
OBJECTIVES.
The specific
objectives of this study are
I. To
determine the need for guidance and counseling In schools
II. To
establish the need for inclusion of guidance and counseling in secondary school
curriculum.
III. To
determine the extent to which the ministry of education has encourage the
guidance and counseling services in secondary schools.
IV. To
create awareness to student on the importance of guidance and counseling for he
future life.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The
following are some the statement of the problems.
I. There
is lack of awareness of the guidance and counseling activities in the schools
II. There
was a negative attitude to students towards guidance and counseling
III. Lack
of roper implementation of guidance and counseling in secondary schools.
IV. The
inability of guidance and counseling personnel’s to cope with difficult
situation.
V. The
role of government in implanting her policies toward guidance and
counseling.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Based on this
research work four questions were formed. This includes the following.
I. Why
is guidance and counseling not included in every school education curriculum?
II. Do
the staff and students acknowledge the importance of guidance and counseling?
III. Does the ministry of education of the
state, gave adequate support to guidance and counseling services in secondary
school.
IV. To
find out whether student were aware of the importance of guidance and
counseling for their future career?
SIGNIFICANT / IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY
This study
has essentially been undertaken for the following reasons.
a. This
study would be of great importance to principals in junior/ senior secondary
school, Kaduna Education and even those that would like to undertake a research
on the same topic etc.
b. The
study high light the essence of guidance and counseling need analyzing through
a system approach, which highly is important if a school will maintain and
justify its existence and purpose will maintain and justify its existence and
purpose.
SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The study is limited only to Kaduna north local
government area, and even in this local government only the area that has
executed educational developmental activities that are worthy of mentioning.
This is due to the vicinity, proximity and the resources at hand.
DEFINITION OF TERMS.
Below are
some of the terms associated to guidance and counseling which the writer which
to explain briefly for clarity, these are:
a. Guidance: in this study guidance can be seen as
the assistance an individual render to another individual to discover himself
of her and problem.
b. Counseling: it is a systemic process where an
individual is helps in a face to face encounter.
c. Secondary school: this is a place where elementary studies
took place
d. Client This is the individual whom the counselor
assists or direct.