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Abstract:
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of guidance and counselling on students� discipline in secondary schools. This study is beneficial to teachers and students. The findings of the study will impact positively on the students. They will be of good behaviour. Their academic performance will improve and teachers will have disciplined children in their classes. The study investigated the influence of guidance and counselling on students� discipline in public secondary schools in Delta State. The study adopted descriptive survey design using a questionnaire method of data collection. The sample for the study comprised of 300 secondary school teachers and 74 school counsellors randomly selected from 434 secondary schools in Delta state. The data collected were analysed using the t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that there is no significant difference between teachers and teacher counsellors view on the influence of guidance and counselling on students� discipline in public secondary schools; there is no significant difference between teachers and teacher counsellors� opinion on the influence of the approaches used in guidance and counselling on students� discipline in secondary schools. The study recommended among others that guidance and counselling services in public secondary schools should be strengthen in order to promote students discipline in schools; the implementation of the guidance and counselling programmes should be enforced the with a view to compel schools to actualize the discipline among students; teachers should be given time to engage in approaches in guidance and counselling that work, with ample opportunities for peer coaching and refresher courses.

Keywords: influence; guidance and counselling; students�; discipline; secondary schools

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