GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING AND LIBRARY SERVICES AS CORRELATES OFSTUDENTS’ ACADEMIC BEHAVIOUR IN EKITI STATE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Keywords:
Guidance, Counselling, Library Services,, Students, Academic Behaviour,, Tertiary InstitutionsAbstract
The study examined the relationship between guidance and counselling and library services as correlate of
students’ academic behaviour in Ekiti State tertiary institutions. The study adopted a descriptive survey
research design. The population of this study consisted of 119,204 students and 2,059 lecturers in public
tertiary institutions in Ekiti State. The sample for the study consisted of 300 students from 3 public tertiary
institutions in Ekiti State. The sample was selected using multistage sampling procedure. Two self-designed
research instruments tagged “Guidance and Counselling and Library Services Questionnaire" (GCLSQ)"
and "Students' Academic Behaviour Questionnaire (SABQ)” were used to collect relevant data for the
study. The instruments used for the study were validated. GCLSQ and SABQ had a coefficient of 0.79 and
0.80. The data was analyzed using inferential statistics. The research hypotheses were tested using
inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC).The hypotheses were tested at 0.05
level of significance. The findings revealed that there was significant relationship between guidance and
counseling services and students’ academic behaviour. The findings revealed that there was no significant
relationship between library services and students’ academic behaviour. It was concluded that guidance
and counselling services was an important factor that influence students’ academic behaviour while
library services did not influence students’ academic behaviour. It was recommended that guidance and
counselling services should be handled by professionals such that students would have confidence and be
free to share their problems and fears with the hope that such information would be treated confidentially.
It was also recommended that library services will be given adequate attention so as to engage students’ in
reading and thereby enhance their behaviour.
