Accessibility of Counselling Services and Students Academic Resilience in Tertiary Institutions in Ogun State

Abstract

Counselling is a process that takes place in a one to one relationship between individuals faced with challenges which they cannot cope with alone and a professional worker whose training and experience qualify him/her to help others to arrive at solutions to various types of personal difficulties. In a nutshell, counselling service helps the client attain self actualization through a professional counsellor specially trained to render such services , with no gender discrimination. This study examined the accessibility of counselling services and student academy resilience in Ogun State, Nigeria, tertiary institutions. It is a non experimental study, which involves the use of a simple survey research design where questionnaires were used to acquire necessary data for the research work. The population comprises all tertiary students in Ogun State. A random sampling technique was used to select 200 students as a sample for the study. Two (2) research questions were raised and answered in this study. The instrument's reliability was determined using Cronbach Alpha, and data collected were analyzed using a simple percentage statistical tool. The research findings revealed that counselling service plays an essential and crucial role in career choice, improvement of academic resilience and performance and help shape the hostile conduct of students. Therefore, it was recommended that guidance and counselling services be emphasized in schools by having professional counsellors in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria. Effort s should be made to motivate and encourage students to visit counselling service centres in the school in order to develop skills and capacity for academic resilience, which will, in turn, enhance their all around performance.