Addressing The Economic Recession Through Career Guidance Services Senior Secondary Schools

Abstract

               This study examines career guidance services provided by school counsellors in secondary schools as a solution to economic recession in Yobe state. The main objective is to assess the career guidance services and ways through which the services help students. The study used 387 students randomly sampled from purposively selected schools.  Questionnaire instrument was employed in data collection and the results show that school counsellors are more effective in career guidance services related to  helping students to make appropriate career pathway selection, learn about strength, abilities and learning style, set educational and career  goals,  information search about careers and world of work selection. However, school counsellors under perform in helping students to make future educational planning, college selection and placement. No significant difference was found among gender excepts in educational Planning, college selection and placement with female students having better educational planning, collection selection and placement. The paper concluded that the school counsellors play greatly in the area of career decision making, goal setting and personal awareness. However, it is recommended that school counsellors should improve services involving future educational planning, college selection and placement.