The Imperative of School Counsellors towards Inclusive and Special Needs Education for National Development
Keywords:
Inclusive Education, Special Needs Education, School Counselor, National DevelopmentAbstract
The study looked at the necessity for school counsellors to support inclusive and special education for the advancement of the country. The study's two main research topics were to determine how sociocultural influences impact special needs schooling and how school counsellors may improve and promote national development via their counselling in the school context. According to the variable of inclusive and special needs education, a review of the literature was conducted. The descriptive survey was used as the study's design. School counsellors at the state's public secondary schools made up the study's population. 172 counsellors were purposefully selected as the study's sample size. The questionnaire served as the data-gathering tool. The research concluded that education counsellors are the brain-box for national development due to their invaluable services to learners. Learners with special needs should be considered when establishing educational institutions, and the placement of counsellors in every school should be a "sine qua non" before schools are established. The data derived were analysed using the mean and standard deviation. The results showed that school counsellors are essential if national development is to be achieved because their role in the schools guarantees that citizens with confidence in themselves are chummed out of school regardless of whether they have disabilities or not.
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