An Appraisal of Effective Provision of Pedagogy Didactic Materials of Guidance Counseling as Predictors of Secondary School Students Academic Performance in the Southwest Region

Abstract

An Appraisal of Effective Provision of Pedagogy Didactic Materials of Guidance Counseling as predictors of Secondary School Students Academic Performance in the Southwest Region. The four specific Research Questions that guided the study were translated to four specific research questions as follows. To what extent does an orientation service impact academic performance of secondary school students in Southwest Region, to what extent does an information service impact academic performance of secondary school students in Southwest Region, to what extent does a placement service impact academic performance of secondary school in Southwest Region , to what extent does follow up services impact academic performance of secondary school in Southwest Region. The Research Questions were later transformed to hypothesis as follows. There is a significance relationship between orientation services and students’ academic performance of secondary school in Southwest Region. There is a significance relationship between information services and students’ academic performance of secondary school in Southwest Region. There is no significance relationship between placement services and academic performance of secondary school in Southwest Region. There is no significance relationship between follow-up services and students’ academic performance of secondary school in Southwest Region. The Survey Research Design was used, that is the Qualitative and Quantitative Research Design designs. A sample of 180 Secondary Schools Students was used The Simple Random Sampling Technique was used to select the respondents. The Questionnaire and Interview Guide were for the study. Validation of the instruments was done through Face, Content Construct Validity. The Reliability was achieved, through test re-test method. The hypotheses were tested Spear’s man Rho Product Moment Correlation. The following results proved that, all the Null Hypothesis were rejected and alternative accepted. The data analyzed in the table above shows that a linear significance relationship between orientation services and academic performance of secondary school students in Southwest Region in the South West Region of Cameroon (ɼ = 0.312**). This implies that as orientation services improve, academic services may also improve in the Region. The data analyzed in the table above shows that a linear significance relationship between information services and academic performance of secondary school students in Southwest Region in the South West Region of Cameroon (ɼ = 0.225**). This implies that as information services improve, academic services may also improve in the Region. The data analyzed in the table above shows that a linear significance relationship between placement services and academic performance of secondary school students in Southwest Region in the South West Region of Cameroon (ɼ = 0.285**). This implies that as placement services improve, academic services may also improve in the Region. The data analyzed in the table above shows that a linear significance relationship between follow-up services and academic performance of secondary school students in Southwest Region in the South West Region of Cameroon (ɼ = 0.344**). This implies that as follow-up services improve, academic services may also improve in the Region. All the Alternative Hypotheses were accepted. This led to the conclusion that, there is a significant relation between Counseling Services and Academic Performance of Secondary School Students. Based on these results, the following recommendations were as follows. Pedagogy Didactic Materials of Guidance Counseling being it formal, informal, and non-formal should be the responsibility of all. Counselors should endeavor to be there at the beginning of the school to attend the first meeting. Also counseling services should be given the opportunity to be evaluated just as other disciplines.