GUIDANCE COUNSELLOR’S STRATEGIC ROLES AND SCHOLASTIC ADJUSTMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RIVERS-EAST SENATORIAL DISTRICT, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

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This study investigated guidance counsellor’s strategic roles and scholastic adjustment of senior secondary school students in Rivers-East Senatorial District, Rivers State, Nigeria. The study adopted correlational research design. The study was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses. The population of the study consisted of 82,649 public senior secondary school students in the area. The sample size was 400 senior secondary school students which was adopted through the use of simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire, titled: “Guidance Counsellor’s Strategic Roles Questionnaire’’ (GCSRQ) and Scholastic Adjustment Scale (SAS)”. The instruments were validated by experts in department of Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counselling. The reliability of the instrument was determined through test re-test reliability method which a reliability index of r=0.73 for (GCSRQ) and r=0.72 for (SAS). Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to answer the research questions and test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there was a positively strong correlation between guidance counsellors assessment role, guidance counsellors career-guidance role, guidance counsellors emotional support role and scholastic adjustment of senior secondary school students in Rivers-East Senatorial District, Rivers State. It further revealed that there was significant relationship between guidance counsellors assessment role, guidance counsellors career-guidance role, guidance counsellors emotional support role and scholastic adjustment of senior secondary school students in Rivers-East Senatorial District, Rivers State. It was recommended among others that the; Government in collaboration with the Counselling Association of Nigeria (CASSON) should set-up counselling centres at all secondary schools in Rivers-East Senatorial District to help combat adjustment challenges of students.