THE ROLE OF ICT IN SCHOOL GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING

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THE ROLE OF ICT IN SCHOOL GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)

 

CHAPTER ONE

  • INTRODUCTION

1.1              BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

The educational system in Nigeria is not far from the technical aspect of education in that it is all involving as a process of transmitting the societal norms and values toward the development of the nation. An overview of the colonial educational system provided, revealed gross inadequacy and unsatisfactory to the educational ingenuity, yearnings and aspirations of the nation. Thus many scholars opined that this formal educations was ―parochial, elitist, regurgitate and irresponsive to the need and aspirations of the Nigerian society [1]. In view of these, an effort to put quality into the Nigerian Education resulted in instituting a well define educational system that will be instrumental in affecting national development. It is believed that ―education goals in terms of its relevance to the need of the individual as well as in terms of the kind of society desired in relation to the environment and realities of the modern world and rapid social changes should be clearly set out (National Policy on Education, 2004). The bid to meet the nation’s educational goals and aspiration brought about the 6-3-3- 4 system of education. It was designed to restructure and inject functionality into the nations’ school system. The 6-3-3-4 system of education was seen as a creditable program able to bring about effective changes in the direction of technological development in a nation.

Education is said to be an accumulated experience that has a determinant effect on human character and mind. As a process, through which societal values, norms,principles, ethos, and skills can adequately be conveyed. Individuals need education in order to acquire this accumulated knowledge.

The essence of incorporating guidance and counseling into the school system was to eliminate overwhelming ignorance of many young people on their choices of career prospects and personality maladjustment among school children. Based on these and more, career officers and counselors were appointed to take the responsibilities in sensitizing students on the needs for effective career choice. Following the tremendous benefits of the first recipients of guidance and counseling in 1959, a group ofuntrained counselors were inaugurated in 1967 by the Reverend Sisters from St Theresa’s College Oke-Ado who were the first pioneers of this body. Although these were untrained counselors but their efforts brought remarkable development in guidance and counseling in Nigeria. With more emphasis placed on guidance and counseling as far back as 1959, 1962, 1963 and 1967 respectively, the peak of getting aware of counseling profession in Nigeria was on 11th of November, 1976 following the formal launching of the body of counselors known as Counseling Association of Nigeria (CAN), with Professor OluMakinde as the first President. In 1977, the association became affiliated to the American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA) with Professor Ibrahim I. Kolo from Ahmadu Bello University as the current president.

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