Climate change threatens to aggravate problem of mental health and social inequality in Nigeria. The causes and danger associate with it has continuously intensified its effect thereby causing some psychological and social problems in the life of people, communities and society at large. Therefore, it becomes pertinent for counselling professionals to come together to address the issues both at local and international levels.
In this article, the focal point is on ways Counsellors can respond to climate change through counselling, advocacy, learning, sensitization and psycho-social human adjustment.
The study aims at examining the impact of football betting on study habit among senior secondary school students in Enugu state. The essence for the study came as a result of decline in education sector due to poor study habit among secondary school students in Enugu State. The study was guided by three research questions. The study adopted qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. From the population of 6,565 senior secondary school students in the 10 senior secondary schools in Enugu East Senatorial Zone of Enugu State, the sample of 180 students were selected through simple random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was a close-ended questionnaire with 15 items developed from four research questions. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation on SPSS version 26. Five recommendations were made among which is that Nigeria Lottery Commission should enforce and regulate strict monitoring towards the establishment of betting centers in correspondence to the laws stipulated.
The study investigated the roles of counselling education in the rehabilitation of teachers with psychopathic issues in Enugu State, Nigeria. One research question and one null hypothesis formulated to guide the study was tested at .05 level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The population for the study consisted of 51 school counsellors in the 279 public secondary schools in the area. The number is small and manageable; so no sampling was done. The instrument used for data collection was a 6-item questionnaire. The instrument was validated by three experts from Faculty of Education, one from Measurement and Evaluation and two from Guidance and Counselling, all from the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Mean, with standard deviation and t-test statistics were used for data analysis. The study revealed, among others that counsellors ought to assist in providing a special psychological care to those vulnerable teachers and to identify the coping strategies they can use to adjust the changes that occur in their lives. Secondly, it was also found that there is no significant relationship between the mean ratings of male counsellors and female school counsellors in the role of counselling education in the rehabilitation of teachers with psychopathic issues in Enugu State, Nigeria. The study recommended, among others, that there should be sectional seminars, workshops, symposia on the mental health life adjustment of teachers as regards their psychopathic and psychological problems.
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