CURRICULUM AND COUNSELING TRENDS: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS IN THE TERTIARY LEVEL OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined curriculum and counselling trends: challenges and solutions in the tertiary level of education in Nigeria. The study employed the descriptive survey research design. The population for the study was 28, 470 students, (Alvan Ikoku University of Education= 4114 student, Imo State University 6801, FUTO   7641, Fed Poly Nekede 7203, Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo 2711 students). Purposive sampling was used to choose 69 students from each school, thus 69 students served as sample size for the study. Three research questions guided the study. Data collected was a 31- item structured researcher developed questionnaire having a reliability coefficient of   0.79 which was used for the study. Findings  showed  that  in spite  of the tremendous list of curriculum and counseling trends, a lot of challenges abound to include non-use of professionals/ expert  teachers, non-employment of ICT in everyday teaching among others. Based on the findings, it was recommended that expert/professional teachers should be employed by ministry of education; curriculum and counseling experts should employ increased use of ICT in their day to day teaching to extend services to non-school settings among others.