GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING AS A PANACEA FOR YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY IN A GLOBAL COMPETITIVE ECONOMY
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This paper discussed Guidance and Counselling as a panacea to youth employability in a global competitive economy. The paper discussed who a youth is the concept of employability, employability skills needed by the youth to make it in a global competitive economy. The concept of guidance and counselling and its aims were equally discussed. The study went further to close the gap between guidance and counselling and employability in a global economy. Some recommendations were made to the counsellors to be more committed to their work and voluntarily offer cognitive behavioural therapy to youths during career talks and PTA meetings in schools and during orientation of youth corps at camp. It was also recommended that government should come to the aid of guidance and counselling by making the services available, effective and sustainable across all the educational institutions and other social institutions in Nigeria.
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