Evaluation of Enrolment and Performance Patterns of Male and Female Graduates in Guidance and Counseling Programme: A University of Ibadan Study

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to review the enrolment pattern and performance of male and female students in the guidance and counselling programme of university of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. The participants sampled for the study consisted of graduate students in the department of guidance and counselling of faculty of education, university of Ibadan, Ibadan which had undergone the programme from 2008/2009 - 2012/2013 academic sessions. Two hundred and thirty-seven students’ results for the periods in question were used which comprises of ninety-seven males and one hundred and forty female students. The data was extracted from departmental records of admission and graduation lists. To examine the enrolment pattern and their performance pattern, frequency and t-test statistical tools were used. Results on enrolment pattern favoured the female and that there is no significant difference in the academic performance (t=0.536, df + 235 and p = 0.59). This study suggests that the course is not meant for women alone and those females are not significantly performed better than male counterparts. It is recommended that Counselling Association of Nigeria (CASSON) should try as much as possible to educate masses on the importance and usefulness of the course and profession at large for human race. Finally, the schools responsible for producing guidance counsellors should make adequate provision for the counsellors in trainee to be well trained in both theory and practical.

Keywords: Enrolment, Performance, Guidance & Counselling, Programme, Gender.