THE ROLE OF COUNSELLORS AND PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ON THE EDUCATIONAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS

Joseph Kayode Adeyemi

Authors

Joseph Kayode Adeyemi Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko Ondo State Nigeria Author

Keywords:

Role, Counsellors, Parents-Teacher’s Association(Pta), Educational, Emotional, Student

Abstract

The paper focused on the role of counsellors and parents-teacher’s association (PTA) on the educational and emotional needs of students in Ondo State. The population of the study consisted of all the counsellors, teachers and parents in Ondo State. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 50 teachers, 50 counsellors and 50 parents making a total of one hundred and fifty (150) respondents. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire titled “Role of Counsellors and Parents Teachers Association (PTA)’’on four point Likert scale. Pearson product moment correlation was used to determine the correlation coefficient which was 0.72. Three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The hypotheses were tested using correlation and t-test. The result showed that there was a significant relationship between school counsellor and educational development of the student. The result showed that there was a significant relationship between Parents-teachers’ association and educational development of the student. The results showed that there was a significant difference between teachers and educational development of the student. Finally, the results showed that there was a significant influence of school counsellors, parents teachers association and teachers and educational need of the student. The study concluded that counsellors and parents-teacher’s association (PTA) influenced the educational and emotional need of the student in Ondo State. It was recommended amongst others that government should make available e-counselling facilities that could enhance counselling activities both in school and non-school setting.

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