Abstract

This study focused on the role of counsellors in sustainable constitutional democracy in Enugu state. The study employed the descriptive survey research design. One research question and one hypothesis guided the study. The population for the study consisted of 291 school counsellors in the urban and rural areas in the 291 secondary schools. A questionnaire designed on a 4 likert type scale was used in the study. The research made use of 6-items questionnaire, which was face validated by three experts in the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The reliability of the instrument was determined by using Cronbach Alpha. The reliability index was .81 and it showed that the instrument was reliable. The data were analysed using mean with standard deviation while t-test statistics was used to test the hypothesis. The findings of the study among others showed that the roles of school counsellors in sustainable constitutional democracy in Enugu state are to advise students to enroll for civic education, to advise the curriculum developers to include necessary topics for sustainable constitutional democracy, to establish or improve curriculum programs, which foster an understanding of constitutional democracy among others. One of the recommendations made was that, there should be constant and continuous staff training, retraining and development programmes in order to build the capacity of counsellors towards government process. However, counsellors should be exposed to political systems, rule of law, constitutional development among others so as to equip the students on the necessary skills, aptitude and attitude towards political powers and good governance.

Keywords:

Guidance and Counselling, Counsellors, Constitutional Democracy

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