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Students’ Perception Of The Role Of School Counselors In The Choice Of A Career
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1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
This research will attempt to answer the following questions:
(1) What are students’ perceptions of counselor’s role in secondary schools in Esan west local government area of Edo state?
(2) Does the student’s age have effect on their perception of the need for counselors in secondary schools?
(3) Does the students’ sex have effect on their perception of the need for counselors in secondary schools?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
findings of this research will reveal to students, teachers
administrators, parents, government and employer of labour the
importance of school counselors in secondary schools as regards students
choice of career. Students would benefit by understanding how important
and indispensable the counselor is in their choice of a career.
It
will make parents and teachers understand the essence of early grooming
of their children and ward regarding career choices and the role of the
counselor towards achieving success and satisfaction for their
children/students professionally.
The administrator would be able to
provide materials that would facilitate positive counselor/student
relationship in order to be more productive.
Government and employer
of labour on their part will enjoy a better well prepared and packaged
work force with necessary orientation and experience that will help in
nation building and greater efficiency.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The
study covered secondary school students that reside in Esan West Local
Government Area of Edo State. Five secondary schools were randomly
selected with from the 17 secondary schools in the area. This research
looked at Students perception of the role of the school counselor in the
choice of career and how they can be improved. The effect of
counselor’s advice on the choice and decisions of students in the area
will be taken into account during the course of this research.
1.7 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
A
study of this nature would not be complete without discussing some of
the problems encountered by the researcher. The various problems that
limit the outcome of this research work are therefore discussed below;
This
research depends mainly on the responds of the students and
teacher/counselors. The time set aside for this study was too short; as a
result, the researcher had no opportunity to make all intensive and
extensive study on the topic.
Again there was period of long holiday
for teachers and students in the local government area used as a case
study of this research work.
Finally teachers, students and
counselors could not return all the questionnaires distributed to the
researcher. And this would only make him to only work with the ones that
got to him.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work is based on students’ perception of the role of school counselor in the choice of a career using Esan West local Government Area of Edo state. The study concentrated on the different roles counselor plays in secondary schools, perceptions of students at the junior and senior secondary levels on the role of counselors, importance of career counseling in schools as well as the need for counselors in secondary schools.The findings show that the perception of students of th ... Continue reading---
