School-Based Policies for Counselling Programme and Effective Ethical standards in Public Secondary Schools in Nigeria

Okpalaenwe, Elizabeth Ngozi and Osuji, Gregory Ekene (Rev. Br) (2018) School-Based Policies for Counselling Programme and Effective Ethical standards in Public Secondary Schools in Nigeria. The International Journal of Indian Psychology, 6 (4). pp. 183-201. ISSN 2348-5396

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Abstract

Many public secondary schools in Nigeria seemly do not have a well-coordinated and effective counselling programme for their learners. Most often the principal appoints any cool-headed or pious teacher to be in charge of the counselling department without proper and adequate training. The teacher assumes this dual responsibility without specific job description. For effective counselling in the best interest of Nigerian learners, a role description for school counsellor within counselling theoretical framework based on American school based policies; be it clinical, eclectic, or client-centre is direly needed in Nigeria. This study addresses the need of school-based policies to enable effective counselling programmes that call for proper implementation and ethical standards in Nigerian public secondary schools to function appropriately. It disclose slack of concrete therapeutic services as the main problem associated with counselling in secondary schools and presents a training and operational model to address this. The study recommends awareness, training, collaboration as well as an up-to-date record keeping of data in order to help students effectively to achieve their desired educational goals and a better quality of life.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education
Depositing User:	miss ifeoma agbo
Date Deposited:	30 May 2019 11:08
Last Modified:	30 May 2019 11:08
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/1610

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