Volume 14, 2025
Parental Counselling in Guiding Children towards Career in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State Nigeria
Ulunma Ukamaka, ANYA PhD & Chinyere Josephine Ekeoma, IHISOTA
Abstract
The study was on parental counselling in guiding children towards career in Yenagoa Local Government Area of
Bayelsa State. The study adopted the correlation research design. Six thousand two hundred and ninety three
(6,293 comprising 728 parents and 5,565 children) found in 60 Yanogoa Local Government area formed the
population of the study. Out of the 6,293 subjects, 633 (comprising 557 children and 76 parents) formed the
sample size for the study. Two instruments titled "Parental Counselling Questionnaire (PCQ)" and "Guiding
children towards careers (GCC) were used in the study. The instruments were validated by experts in the
department of early childhood/primary Education, faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt. Test
retest method was employed to obtain a reliability index of 0.71 for the PCQ and 0.68 for the GCC. Data analysis
was done using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Result of the study revealed that parental
counselling has signicant relationship with children home learning (p=0.024<0.05) and career
communication (p=0.033<0.05). On the other hand, there was no relationship between parental counselling
and career decision (p=0.093>0.05). Based on this, it was recommended among others that educators should
encourage parents to participate in their child's career guiding, such as attending parent-teacher conferences,
volunteering in the classroom, and helping with homework
Keywords
Career guidance, Home Learning, Decision- Making, Communication
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