Abstract:
This paper discusses the role that Guidance and Counselling can play in the
reduction of poverty within the populace and having a peaceful and harmonious
society. Guidance and Counselling as pointed out in the paper is replete with
contingencies of helping the society to resolve its numerous security challenges
and reduction of poverty by employing the various techniques available in
counselling. The paper identified education as a way to reduce poverty, where
functional education is advocated. Peaceful coexistence can only be realized when
majority of the populace have a means of livelihood. The paper concluded that if
Guidance and Counselling is well established in our educational systems then
solutions to our numerous problems is not far. Amongst recommendations of the
paper is that, Nigerian educational system should focus on the societal
expectations and addresses issues of functional education, religious and cultural
perceptions.
