Building an Inclusive Society Through Basic Education Among Primary School Pupils in Etche LGA: A Counseling Psychologist Perspective

Abstract

The study investigated building an inclusive society in basic education in Rivers State through counseling
psychology among primary school pupils: Teachers’ perspective. Two research questions were answered by the
study which was a descriptive survey design with a population of 100 primary school teachers in Etche, Rivers
State. A sample size of 50 primary school teachers was drawn using the disproportionate stratified random
sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a 13-item questionnaire which was validated by three
experts and it gave a reliability coefficient of 0.72 which was obtained using Cronbach Alpha method. The data
collected were analyzed with mean and standard deviation. The results showed that teachers agreed that the areas
covered are to a large extent above the benchmark and that there is a high extent of the areas covered. Based on
the findings, the following recommendations were made, that the teachers should consolidate their abilities to
meet the resource needs of the pupils in order to continue to get the best result possible, that the learners must
bring to the notice of the teachers areas that pose challenge to them in order for the gap to be bridged early and
that teachers should be given opportunity for trainings that would enable them contextualize their teaching
method.