Strategy for Addressing Motivation- Related Constraints to Effective Counselling in Secondary Schools in Enugu State

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to determine an innovative strategy for addressing motivation- related constraints for effective counselling in secondary schools in Enugu State. One research question and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The entire population of 113 secondary school Guidance counsellors in the 295 public secondary schools in Enugu State, was used for the study. A structured questionnaire developed by the researcher was used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha Reliability Estimate, it yielded a coefficient of .69. Data collected with the questionnaire was analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation to answer the research question. However, each of the two hypotheses was tested using t-test statistics at .05 level of significance. In the decision rule, real limit of the mean scores was applied. The null hypotheses were rejected when the significant level was less than 0.05 and were not rejected when the significant level was more than 0.05 level of significance. From the result of the findings, it was concluded that e-counselling strategy usually resolve motivation-related constraints for effective
counselling in secondary schools in Enugu State. Comparison of the male and female counsellors indicated that there was no significant difference in the mean ratings of male and female guidance counsellors on the extent to which e-counselling strategy resolve motivation-related constraints for effective counselling in secondary schools in Enugu State. Similarly, on the influence of location of counsellors, it was found that there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of urban and rural guidance counsellors on the extent to which e-counselling strategy resolves motivation-related constraints for effective counselling in secondary schools in Enugu State. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended among others deliberate efforts should be made at utilizing e-counselling in secondary schools in Enugu State.