PREFERENCE FOR CYBER-COUNSELLING AMONG NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

PREFERENCE FOR CYBER-COUNSELLING AMONG NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

ABSTRACT

The present study examined the major and least prevalent counselling needs of students who enrolled in various undergraduate programmes in the Faculty of Educational Sciences at Ankara University. Also, gender and grade level differences in those needs were investigated. A total of 400 students were surveyed. Findings indicated that while students had higher needs for academic, relational, emotional, and career issues, they reported fewer needs for self-defeating behaviours, sexual concerns, gambling problems, and excessive credit card spending. Moreover, significant gender and grade differences were found in some needs. Cyber-counseling

 

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

The number of students in higher education has been increasing every year in Turkey (MEB, 2009), and the total number of them reached 2.924 million during the 2008–2009 academic year (OSYM, 2009). To meet the increased demands for higher education, it becomes necessary to establish new universities around the country. Recently, fifteen state universities have been established, and at present, there are 139 universities, of which 45 are private. Today, it is clear that the focus of universities is to provide educated and trained manpower to meet the demands of the labour market. However, universities have responsibilities not only in cognitive and occupational development but also in the personal, social, and psychological development of students. Since 1984, it has been mandatory to establish student services to meet those needs in universities (RG, 1984). In cyber-counseling, the student services, especially counselling centres, do not fulfil the tasks expected of them due to a lack of enough personnel and physical facilities, administration or organisational structure, a lack of job descriptions, and work overloading (Güneri, 2006; Güneri, AydÕn, & Skovholt, 2003). Throughout the university years, students face many difficulties, which range from normal student problems (developmental or informational) to more severe psychological problems (Kitzrow, 2003). Student needs are influenced by individual and contextual factors and sometimes take a complex form, including many problems (Benton, Robertson, Tseng, Newton, & Benton, 2003)Cyber-Counselling.

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