THE NEED FOR GUIDANCE & COUNSELING SERVICES AMONG NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

THE NEED FOR GUIDANCE & COUNSELING SERVICES AMONG NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study

          Guidance and counselling services in the university promote the personal social planning and programming for students with special learning needs.

          The students need to prepare themselves not only academically but also socially in order for them to gain acceptance into the new community.

          It’s also good to know that, the undergraduates, even though a good number of them are adults, there is the need to guide them if the purpose which they are in the university is to be achieved.

          Also, majority of students in the University are faced with anxiety and stress, to be able to handle situation like this, they need counselling.

          The services of guidance and counselling in tertiary institution is to bring about well guided and properly counselled among university undergraduates who will be leaders of tomorrow because the role of guidance and counselling cannot be over emphasized.

          Most university administrators in Nigeria are searching for stability as a way out of crises and a means to restore some lasting tranquility on campuses. Recently, dramatic increase in violence and revolutionary behaviour among students has almost attained a high proportion throughout the