COUNSELLING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study

The aim of the study is to develop a counseling management system for secondary school. The following are the specific objectives of the study

1. To design and implement an automated career guidance and counseling .
2. To capture the O level courses grades of students in order to determine if they are fit for a science or arts career.
3. To design a system that will maintain a database of counseling records.

1.4 Significance of the Study

The significance of the study is that it will provide an automated system for guidance and counseling. It will help in determining of a student is fit for a science career or not. The research study will also be significant to other scholars seeking for information pertaining the subject.

1.5 Scope of the Study

This study covers Counseling management system for secondary school (A case study of Ritman College, Ikot Ekpene). It is limited to counseling based on choice of career (Science or Arts) using O level grades as a criteria for evaluation.

1.6 Organization of the Research

This research work is organized into five chapters. Chapter one is concerned with the introduction of the research study and it presents the preliminaries, theoretical background, statement of the problem, aim and objectives of the study, significance of the study, scope of the study, organization of the research and definition of terms.

Chapter two focuses on the literature review, the contributions of other scholars on the subject matter is discussed.