TABLE OF CONTENTS
Definition of terms ....................................................................... .
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction of the study ................................................................ .
Rationale of the study ...................................................................... .
Theory of the study ........................................................................ .
Significance of the study .................................................................. .
Objective of the study ...................................................................... .
Purpose of the study ............................................................................................... .
Null hypothesis ............................................................................. .
CHAPTER TWO
Review of related literature ............................................................. .
Overview of related literature ............................................................. .
CHAPTER THREE
Research !Ylethodology .... ............................................................... .
Study design ................................................................................. .
Study population ............................................................................ .
Sampling Technique ....................................................................... .
Source of data .............................................................................. .
Environment. ................................................................................ .
Data collection instruments ................................................................ .
Data collection procedures ................................................................. .
Statistical treatment of data ................................................................ .
CHAPTER FOUR
Presentation, analysis of findings ...................................................... .
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Secondary data............................................................................... 21
fum~drua ................................................................................. M
Findings from questionnaires............................................................... 24
Findings from interviews................................................................... 27
Findings from Observations................................................................ 29
CHAPTER FIVE
Recommendations, summary, conclusion ............................................ .
Recommendations to parents/Guardians.................................................. 32
To the Education planner/administrator................................................... 33
To the teachers............................................................................... 34
To the pupils.................................................................................. 36
Summary...................................................................................... 38
Conclusion.................................................................................... 38
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Transmittal letter
Appendix B:
Questionnaires................................................................................ 39
Observation form............................................................................ 42
Bibliography.................................................................................. 43
Appendix C: Plan for data presentation.................................................. 44
Curriculum Vitae........................................................................... 47-48
Definition of terms Guidance according to Humbling (1999) defines guidance as help and advice given to someone about their work, education and personal life. It gets its meaning from the root word "guide" which means to direct, assist or aid. Humbling(l 999) defines Counseling as a service meant to help an individual analyze self by relating his/her capabilities, interests, achievements and mode of adjustment to what new decisions he/she has to make. According to David Galloway ( 1990) counseling is a situation where one individual; the counselor, works with another, the client, to clarify the nature of some problem experienced or expressed by the client. to explore possible solutions. Counseling comes from the word "counsel" which means to advise someone or give support to someone with a problem. Guidance and counseling was designed to provide an interactive relationship where the counselor is attempting to help a person to understand himself/ herself in relation to his/her past. present and future. Academic performance is how good or poor the pupils/students have performed basins on the tests given, revision exercises, and scores attained in the examinations. Impact means to have a positive or negative effect on something. But in this case we look at the positive effect of guidance and counseling on the academic performance of girls.
