Al-Hikmah University Journal

This study examined teachers’ perception on the falling standard of education in Seme and Idiroko border towns of Nigeria: implication for counselling. Five research questions and five corresponding hypotheses guided the conduct of the study.  The study adopted descriptive research design. The population of this study consists of all secondary school principals/head teachers and teachers in Seme border town of Lagos State and Idiroko border town of Ogun State. Two hundred and Thirty (230) respondents were randomly selected as sample for this study but at the end of the exercise, only One Hundred Ninety-Six (196) questionnaires were retrieved for data analysis. A structured questionnaire was constructed and administered on the respondents for data collection. The data on the bio-data of the respondents were analyzed using simple percentages, frequency distribution tables; Chi-square (X2) statistical tool at 0.05 level of significance were used for analyzing the hypotheses raised. The findings of the study were as follows; there is a significant impact of planning and management on the falling standard of education in the border towns of Seme and Idiroko, Nigeria; there is a significant impact of school environment on the falling standard of education in the border towns of Seme and Idiroko, Nigeria; there is a significant impact of teachers’ working experience on the falling standard of education in the border towns of Seme and Idiroko, Nigeria; there is a significant impact of teachers’ qualification on the falling standard of education in the border towns of Seme and Idiroko, Nigeria; and there is a significant impact of physical infrastructure on the falling standard of education in the border towns of Seme and Idiroko, Nigeria. Some recommendations were made and they are: Nigerian leaders should embrace the UNESCO recommendation for funding education. Adequate funding is required and necessary to maintain both the human and material resources of the education sector; the government should take adequate remuneration and motivation of the teaching staff seriously. A conducive learning and teaching environment through the provision of appropriate, well equipped and adequate laboratories, workshops ,classrooms, libraries, staff offices, as well as good and adequate hostel and classroom accommodation, teaching and learning techniques, and so on, should be taken seriously by both the federal and state governments. Teachers need to be exposed to counselling and guidance programmes as organised by the school counsellor in order to achieve the goal of a sound education as intended.