NEED FOR COUNSELLING AT PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL: A STUDY OF PRE-SCHOOLS IN EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT II OF LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
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2019
Authors
Sopekan, O.S.
Fasina, A.Y
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Department of Adult Education, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos
Abstract
Childhood period represents one of the period of greatest crises in human existence. The children have extreme and prolonged conflicts, frustration, uncertainty, emotional problems and physiological/psychological needs which tend to lead to delinquency, emotional problems, social problems, unhappiness and the like. Hence, this study examined counselling needs of pre-primary school pupils in Education District II, Lagos State. The study employed survey method and Quasi experimental research method. The pupils were observed and rated by the researcher using checklist titled Observation Checklist for a pre-school child. Also questionnaire on Pre-Primary Pupils Need Inventory (PPPNI) Counselling needs were distributed to the teachers and the counsellors in the sampled schools. A total of 8 pre-primary schools were involved in the study. The research questions were analysed using frequency count and percentage while the hypotheses were tested using t-test statistical analysis. The findings from the study revealed that; (i) pre-primary school pupils have personal, emotional and academic needs which demands the attention of school counsellors and teachers (ii) there is no significant difference in the counselling needs of pre-basic pupils based on gender (iii) there is no significant difference in the counselling needs of children from religious homes and less religious homes and (iv) there is significant difference in the counselling needs of pupils from unsettled and settled homes. Based on the findings, the study recommended among others that the school counsellor should endeavor to study each pupil
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Need , Counselling , Primary School , Educational District , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education
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Sopekan, O.S & Fasina, A.Y. (2019). Need for Counselling at Primary School Level: A Study of Pre-Schools in Education District 2 of Lagos State. Journal of Educational Thought, 8(2), 254-268