RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COUNSELLING, YOUTH RESTIVENESS AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PORT HARCOURT

Abstract

The main focus of this study was to examine whether counselling and youth restiveness have relationship with national security in the views of senior secondary school teachers in Port Harcourt Metropolis. Two research questions and two hypotheses were developed for the study. A sample size of200participants was drawn for the study. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was deployedfor the analysis of data generated for the study. The analysis revealed that there was a significant and positive relationship between counselling, youth restiveness and national security. It was therefore concluded that counselling will be an effective tool for proffering solutions to the issues of national security as it relates to national development and nation building and so should not be neglected. It was recommended among others that counsellors should be employed in all government and non-governmental organizations in order to assist the government in making relevant decisions as it affects the nation's security.