COUNSELLING ADOLESCENTS IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: ISSUES AND NEW PERSPECTIVES

Author: Nigeria

Abstract

The paper explores the meaning of adolescence in diverse context and terms. It analyzes the developmental peculiarities and experiences of the Nigerian adolescents and their counselling needs particularly in Nigerian tertiary institutions of learning. It therefore explored adaptable approaches to counselling adolescents in Nigeria universities taking into cognizance the adolescents’ counselling needs, new approaches and perspectives that can be adopted in counselling adolescents in Nigerian tertiary institutions. This was operationalized by adopting the conceptual and literature-based approach, that rely primarily on existing knowledge, theories, concept and published literatures. Relevant literature on adolescent development and counselling practices in tertiary institutions were reviewed from scholarly journals, books, and policy documents. It focuses particularly on redefining, refining, critiquing and clarifying different ideas about process and approaches adopted to provide counselling support for the postmodern adolescents in the Nigerian universities. It also presents the new perspectives for counselling adolescents in Nigerian tertiary institutions.