Perception of guidance teachers on factors affecting effective implementation of guidance and counselling service in secondary schools in Chanchaga local government area of Niger state, Nigeria
Abstract:This study investigate the perception of guidance teachers on factors affecting effective implementation of guidance and counselling service in secondary schools in Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria. The study used urvey research design. Three research objectives and research questions were raised to guide the study while three hypotheses where formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study comprise of 152 guidance teachers in all secondary schools in Chanchaga Local Government Area, of Niger State. 100 respondents were selected using multi stage sampling procedure. The instrument used in collecting data from respondents was titled ‘Perception of Guidance Teachers on Factors Affecting Effective Implementation of Guidance Services in Secondary Schools Questionnaire (PGTFAEIGCSSQ). This instrument was adapted from Ngumbi (2014) with little modifications. The data collected from respondents were analyzed through the use of frequency counts and percentages, while t-test was used to analyze the research hypotheses. The findings from the study revealed no significant difference in the factors affecting the effective implementation of guidance and counselling services as perceived by guidance teachers in the secondary school in Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State on the basis of gender. The findings also revealed no significance difference between urban and rural guidance teachers on their perception on the effectiveness of guidance and counselling services in secondary schools in Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State. The findings further revealed no significant difference in the factors affecting the effective implementation of guidance and counselling services as perceived by guidance teachers in the secondary school in Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State on the basis of school type. It was recommended among others that professional guidance counsellors should be employed on full time basis; adequate time should be allocated in school timetable for guidance and counselling services; and the workload of school guidance counsellors should be reduced to address the challenges of guidance counsellors in implementing the guidance and counselling services in the secondary schools.
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