Online Counselling Practices and Female Students' Academic Achievement in Colleges of Education, Sokoto State, Nigeria
*1Fatima Dantama Sanusi and 2Amina Diri Aliyu
*1Federal College of Education, Gidan Madi, Sokoto
2Sokoto State University, Sokoto
Abstract
The study investigated online counselling practices and female students’ academic achievement in colleges of education in Sokoto State. The study employed a correlational survey design. A sample size of 331 was used in representing the population of 1,215 final-year female students from Shehu Shagari College of Education, Biga College of Education, and Federal College of Education Gidan Madi, with and analysed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Two objectives and two hypotheses were formulated as guides to the study. Two instruments titled Online Counselling Practices Questionnaire (OCPQ) and Academic Achievement Student Questionnaire were used to collect data from the respondents, and the data collected were analysed using the statistical tool Peason Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) with the help of SPSS Version 20. The finding revealed that online counselling and e-learning platforms have a significant positive effect on female students’ academic achievement. Based on the above, it was recommended that online counselling services and e-learning platforms should be encouraged in promoting students’ academic achievement.
Keywords
Online Counselling Services, e-earning Platform and Academic Achievement
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