Al-Hikmah University Journal

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