COUNSELLING FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, CREATIVITY AND PRODUCTIVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN BAYELSA STATE.

Abstract

The work investigated the role of Counselling for Skills Development, Creativity and Productive Sustainable Growth in Bayelsa State. The exploratory research development design was adopted for this study. Four research questions and four hypotheses were stated to guide the study. Sample size of 120 counsellors randomly drawn from the secondary schools in Bayelsa State. The counselling for creativity and skills development questionnaire (CCSDQ) was developed and administered on the counselors. The reliability of the instrument was established through test-retest method, using Pearson product moment correlation where the reliability coefficient (r) = 0.73 was gotten. Mean scores were used to answer the research questions, while z-test and ANOVA were used to analyze the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Results indicated that there was no significant difference in terms of gender, there was significant difference in the location of counselors and there was difference in terms of educational qualification, everyone can also benefit from counselling in developing skills, improving creativity and enhancing positive growth in the individual. Recommendation is that counselors should be periodically exposed to undergo professional training.