INFLUENCE OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING SERVICES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KATSINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

This study was conducted to find the influence of guidance and counselling services on academic performance of community Secondary schools in Katsina Local government Area.the study aimed to find out the influence of guidance and counselling on students academic performance in of community Secondary schools, find out the influence of guidance and counselling on female students academic performance in of community Secondary schools and identify the relationship between guidance and counselling and academic performance of students in of community Secondary schools in Katsina Local Government. The study used descriptive survey design. The population of this study is six (6) community secondary Schools with population of six hundred and eighteen (618) students. sample size of two hundred and fifty three 253 students were selected from six schools as respondents to represent the schools under the population. The instrument employed for the collection of data in this study is the questionnaire, The research instrument (questionnaire) adopted was adequately checked and validated by expert in educational research before final approval by the supervisor. The instrument was piloted on a population that is similar to the target population on the remaining schools. The piloting included 10 students from the two schools that are not included in the sample. Research questions were answered using mean, grand mean and standard deviation while hypotheses were tested at 0.005 level of significance using t-test statistic. The result in the study showed that, that, guidance and counselling lead students to have higher academic performance, when the guidance and counselling are highly provided, the higher academic performance is achieved in the schools, when the Guidance and counselling are highly provided students perform low in academic achievement. Based on the hypotheses tested it showed that, There is no significant difference between guiding and counselling and students academic performance in of community secondary schools, there is no significant difference between guiding and counselling on female students academic performance in of community secondary schools in Katsina Local Government Area is thereby upheld, There is no significant difference between guiding and counselling and academic performance of students in of community Secondary schools of Katsina Local Government upheld. Based on the results it was recommended that, teachers should continue taking the issue of guidance and counselling programmes serious so as to guide and counsel their students very well