NEED FOR COUNSELLING AT PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL: A STUDY OF PRE-SCHOOLS IN EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT II OF LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorSopekan, O.S.
dc.contributor.authorFasina, A.Y
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-19T09:40:42Z
dc.date.available2022-10-19T09:40:42Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractChildhood 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 pupilen_US
dc.identifier.citationSopekan, 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), 254-268en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11773
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Adult Education, Faculty of Education, University of Lagosen_US
dc.subjectNeeden_US
dc.subjectCounsellingen_US
dc.subjectPrimary Schoolen_US
dc.subjectEducational Districten_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Educationen_US
dc.titleNEED FOR COUNSELLING AT PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL: A STUDY OF PRE-SCHOOLS IN EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT II OF LAGOS STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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