E-COUNSELLING AS A TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE SCHOOL GUIDANCE SERVICE: A POST COVID-19 RESPONSE IN EDUCATION
1S. A. BUHARI and 2IBRAHIM Barakat B. Ph.D
1 & 2 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS, KWARA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), LAFIAGI
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Abstract
The study looked at E-counselling as a tool for effective school counselling during any kind of pandemic especially that which may affect communal and social existence of man and school activities. Attention was focused on concepts like: E-counselling; COVID-19 crisis and E-counselling; COVID-19 and technology; the therapeutic relationship in E-counselling; E-counselling as the best option; skills, characteristics and other considerations for E- counselling; role of stakeholders in effective implementation of E-counselling. All these were discussed in order to enrich the content of this work. it was, however, concluded among others that, this pandemic has broadened our ways of doing things, new ways of working which practitioners might not have tried out, tending to rely on traditional methods. And recommended among others that, Government, federal and state ministries of education and school heads should as a matter of policy have annual allocation of fund that will be sufficient to manage E-counselling in critical time like this, and Government should make available E-counselling facilities that could enhance counselling activities both in school and non-school setting.
Key words: COVID-19, E-counselling, School guidance, Post covid-19 Response
E-COUNSELLING AS A TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE SCHOOL GUIDANCE SERVICE: A POST COVID-19 RESPONSE IN EDUCATION
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