Professional Development of Counsellors in Facilitating Positive Moral Traits of the Adolescents in Nigerian Secondary Schools

Abstract

Education is a basic force for the socio-economic development and transformation of any society. Education, by nature is one of the most important instruments for rapid social change and modernization in the world today. Effective educations is usually provided in a formal school environment, expected to be in which students feel safe and comfortable and are encouraged to learn. However, adolescent students whose age ranges from 13 – 15 years irrespective of sex and class level, tend to display aggressive behaviours which hinders not only learning but also requires professional treatment by Counsellors. This paper therefore, examines adolescent’s moral traits in Nigeria’s secondary schools, Counselling, professionalism, and development in Nigerian secondary schools. Recommendations on the implications of these were made