ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC AND HEALHT RELATED PROBLEMS IN SOME SELECTED SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITHIN BAUCHI METROPOLIS NIGERIA
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The main aim of this study was to assess the guidance and counselling services on academic and health related problems in some selected Senior Secondary Schools within Bauchi metropolis Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive survey research design, which allowed the researchers to examine the values, systems, beliefs, physical and mental challenges of the respective respondents using the qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study also focused on the guidance and counselling managers and students (who had experience with the counselling technique). The instruments used for the study were the semi-structured interview technique and the structured questionnaire respectively. For the purposes of the very study, both quantitative and the qualitative data were collected analyzed and reported for further action. Thematic approaches were used in analyzing the interviewed data. This aided the researchers to organize the data, transcribed the data, and group them into classes, coded and define them. The findings of the study revealed that awareness of the existing counselling services is highly needed, motivating
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counsellors, training the counsellors, supporting the guidance, and counselling expert, providing the vital facilities and funds, establishing strong guidance and counselling services for student with special need and health related issues, sensitizing students on the importance of the counselling services. Actions when put in place will surely improve the guidance and counselling services in schools specifically those with health-related problems and students with special need. The study consequently concludes that deprived self-concept, inadequate support, poor conflict management, negligence in managing health problems, selecting the inappropriate career were the major areas of concern in guidance and counselling services that when properly manage, help students achieve their success in life. The study also recommends that schools ought to sensitize students on the importance of guidance and counseling services in the management of student and their daily related academic and health problems.
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