RELATIONSHIP AMONG GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING AWARENESS, STUDY HABITS, ATTITUDE TO SCHOOL AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SOKOTO METROPOLIS

Abstract

This research investigated the relationships among guidance and counselling awareness, study habits and attitude to school and academic performance of senior secondary school students in Sokoto metropolis. The total population for this study was Eleven thousand, eight hundred and thirty. Six secondary schools were purposively selected and participated in this study. Three hundred and eighty one students served as the sample for this research. Seven null hypotheses were generated and tested. The instruments used in this study were five sets of questionnaires. The Federal Ministry of Education questionnaire attitude to school scale, Students' study habits inventory by Dikko (2008), Guidance and counselling rating scale by Kolo (2004) and self designed academic achievement tests in Mathematics and English. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistical analysis tool was used to test the five null hypotheses. The five null hypotheses were tested and rejected at an alpha level of 0.05. The major findings of this study are there are significant relationship between Guidance and Counselling awareness and study habits, attitude to school and students academic performance. It was concluded that Guidance and counselling awareness have positive relationship with the variables studied. Recommendations were forwarded amongst which is that since Guidance and counselling awareness have significant relationship with students study habits, the Sokoto state government should employ^ qualified counsellors and post one or two of such to each secondary schools in the state