Guidance and Counselling: A Remedy for Community Development

Toosin Adeyinka Adejare, Odunitan Abidemi Ayelabowo and Hafsatu Dalhatu
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Toosin Adeyinka Adejare: Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education and Extension Services, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Odunitan Abidemi Ayelabowo: Department of Educational Foundations, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Nigeria
Hafsatu Dalhatu: Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education and Extension Services, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2019, vol. 3, issue 1, 308-312

Abstract: This paper discussed how Guidance and Counselling is a remedy to the challenges that pose serious detriments to the development of a community such as unemployment, inadequate productivity among others, types of community development is also discuss in theses paper such as food security, health care among others and suggested ways to fix them. The remedy to all these issues are embedded in an effective guidance and counselling services. It was suggested that counsellors should be more committed to their work and voluntary offer cognitive behavioural therapy to youths during career talks and PTA meetings in schools and during orientation of youth corps at camp (NYSC). Government should come to the aid of guidance and counselling in Nigeria by making the services available, effective and sustainable across all the educational institutions and other social institutions.

Date: 2019
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