Adequate Funding Panacea to Guidance and Counseling Programme Implementation Problems in Nigerian Schools

Abstract

Funding is critical for the implementation of Guidance and Counseling Programme in Nigerian Schools. Adequate funding is the means to the realization of the objectives of Guidance and Counseling Programm in the Schools. This paper among other things looked at the concept of Guidance and Counseling Programme, adequate funding and benefits of adequately funding of Guidance and Counseling Programme in Nigerian Schools. The paper is a position that depends on secondary data to establish its facts. The secondary data were collected from government documents, print resources and online publication. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were used to narrow the literature to the theme of the study. The paper concluded that adequate funding of Guidance and Counseling Programme in Nigerian Schools will lead to employment of adequate professional counselors. Provision of adequate infrastructure facilities. Provision of Guidance and Counseling of instructional resources and effective training and retraining programme of Guidance and Counseling teacher. Based on this findings, the paper recommends that the government should increase the budgetary allocation for Guidance and Counseling Programme and ensure guidance and Counseling programme are effectively implemented in Nigerian schools.