Refining Ethical Standards in Counselling Services for Reviving Nigerian System of Education in the Post-COVID Era

Abstract

The paper discusses on how ethical standards in counselling services could be refined in reviving Nigerian educational system in the era after Covid-19. An explanation and discussion of what counselling is has been extensively carried out. Likewise, an exploit into what Nigerian system of education was before the covid-19 era was undertaken and then juxtaposed with what it is after the era. Furthermore, the paper also looked into the values of counselling where principles like that of respect for human rights and dignity, in protecting the safety of the clients and for increasing personal effectiveness, among others, were carefully discussed. Additionally, counsellors’ moral qualities in the form of empathy, sincerity, integrity, respect, fairness, resilience, humility and the like were adequately explained. The paper also discusses the ethical principles of counselling and how these could be utilized in reviving Nigerian educational system; such ethics include being trustworthy, autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice, and self-respect were elucidated. Part of the suggestions made by the paper is that counselling practitioners should work tirelessly, selflessly and committedly in enhancing services that would contribute in inculcating confidence in individuals to ensure the realization of self-confidence for squarely facing life challenges