AVAILABILITY OF E-COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AMIDST COVID-19 A CASE STUDY OF NIGER STATE
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
This study looked into the availability of e-counselling services for students in secondary schools in Niger State during COVID-19. The specific goal was to assess whether ICT facilities were available in guidance and counselling services for students in secondary schools in Niger state, as well as whether trained e-counsellors were available in such schools. A total of 480 people were used as part of the sample. Simple random and purposive selection procedures were used to select the sample. The study relied on an instrument called the E-counseling Facilities' Availability for Guidance and Counselling Services in Schools Questionnaire (EFAGCSSQ). To answer the study questions, the acquired data was analyzed using frequencies and percentages, while t-test statistics were employed to test the null hypothesis at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings found that senior secondary schools lacked suitable e-counselling facilities and that trained e-counselors were scarcely accessible. According to the report, the government should provide e-counselling facilities and either hire professional e-counselors or teach existing counselors in e-counselling.
Downloads
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Afolabi, A. O. Adedapo, Adeyanju, O. L. (2005). Why college teachers do not use ICT facilities in teaching, Journal of E-learning (JOEL): 25-38
Akinrotohum, O.F. (2002). Technology education for sustainable development in Nigeria: The way forward, STAN proceedings of the 43th Annual Conference and Inaugural Conference of CASTME Africa, 523-525
Akpan, N.U. (2010). The challenges of guidance and counselling services in primary schools in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. Ibom Journal of Counselling, 1 (1), 97-106.
Artemisa R. Dores, Andreia Geraldo, Irene P. Carvalho, and Fernando Barbosa (2020) The Use of New Digital Information and Communication Technologies in Psychological Counseling during the COVID-19 Pandemic, https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/20/7663
Bradshaw. R.A. (1995). Delivery of career counselling services, Videolise and
multimedia career interventions. ERIC, Digest USA: ERIC Publications
Doyle. C. S. (1994). Information literacy in on information society: a concept for the information ages. ERIC clearing house on information and technology.
Denga, D. 1. (2001). Guidance and counselling in school and non-school settings (2nd Ed.) Port Harcourt: Double Diamond Publications.
Fasokun, T. O. (2010). Education as a potent factor in achieving sustainable development in Nigeria. In Talla N. S.T Mohammed M. IL A para S. A. L. & Ogungbe E. O. (eds.).Education for sustainable development in Nigeria (pp. 18-44). Jos, Nigeria: Smartprint Productions.
FRN (2004) Notional Policy Education, NERDC Press, Lagos, Nigerian Educational Research Development Council 4th Edition. 53
FRN (2014) Notional Policy Education, NERDC Press, Lagos, Nigerian Educational Research Development Council 6th Edition. 59
Inyang-Abia, M. E. (2004), Essentials of Educational Technology: A handbook for educators and media practitioners, Calabar: Mifam Services, Nigeria Limited.
Iwu, A. O. (2004). New information technologies and their uses in education, Nigeria Journal for Curriculum Studies, 11. 1.
Marilyn. (2003). The internet health care revolution. In psyc, April, 5-6.
Modo. F.N. and Inaja. A.E. (2010). Rebranding skills for counsellors toward curbing personal- social problems in the school system. I how Journal of Counselling. 1 (1)40-46.
Nwachukwu, V.N. (2004). Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) education for effective human resources development in Nigerian schools. Nigerian Journal of Curriculum Studies. 11, 110-111
Olosunde, G. R. & Akinpelu, S. O. (2010). ICT education and sustainable development: Issues and Challenges. In Talla N. S., Mohammed M. IL Apara S. A. E. & Ogungbe E. O. (cds.). Education for sustainable development in Nigeria (pp. 402-411). Jos. Nigeria: Smariprint Productions.
Onyilo, B. O. (2010). The role of ICT in education for sustainable development. In Talla N. S., Mohammed M. H., Apara S. A. E. & Ogungbe E. O.(eds.). Education for sustainable development m Nigeria. Jos, Nigeria.Smartprint Productions.
Salau, M. O. (2003) Promotion of ICT usage in mathematics instruction in the secondary school level in Nigeria: some inhibiting factors in M.A.G. (ed.). Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Science Technology and Mathematics (STM) Education. A proceeding of the 44th Annual conference of STAN, 2003, H.E.B. (Nig) Plc.
Robertson, B. (1994). New technology for teaching and learning 2011, Course 3, Block B in University of London, MA/Diploma for External Studies.
Yahaya A. S. (2010). The electronics techniques of instructions in Nigerian schools as remedy to shortage of qualified teachers in Talla N. S. Mohammed M. H., Apara S. A. E. & Ogungbe E. O. (eds) Education for Sustainable Development in Nigeria. Jos, Nigeria: Smartprint Production