PROMOTING STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH RE-ENGINEERING OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING PROGRAMMES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

The need to avert the present situation of youth unemployment found among secondary school graduands with its negative consequences on national development calling for re- engineering of guidance and counselling programmes in schools was the reason for this present study. Three research questions guided the study. A descriptive survey research design employed in the study. Population of the study comprised 518 counsellors from 259 public secondary schools within the 6 education zones in Anambra State. Sample size for the study constituted 414 counsellors drawn from 207 public secondary schools at 80% using proportionate stratified random sampling technique. A 22-item questionnaire developed by the researchers was the instrument for data collection. This research instrument was validated by two experts. Reliability of the research instrument was determined through a pilot-test and scores obtained after the test were computed using Cronbach Alpha statistics giving an internal consistency reliability value of 0.74, 0.81 and 0.76; and equally summed up to yield an overall reliability value of 0.77. Data were analyzed using the mean statistics rated at 2.50 and standard deviation statistics. The findings of the study revealed how necessary it was for re-engineering the present situation of guidance and counselling programmes in secondary schools in Anambra State. Based on findings of the study recommendations were made and this includes among others that the Anambra State government in collaboration with the Post Primary Schools Service Commission (PPSSC) should ensure that adequate educational guidance and counselling facilities and resources should be provided for guidance and counselling programmes through sufficient funding and budget.

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