Published Article

The study investigated the influence of social reformation roles of counselors and behavioral change in secondary school students’ in Uyo Metropolis. The population of this study comprised all the 16 secondary school counselors and the 9,016 JSS3 students in Uyo Metropolis. The study adopted Expost-Facto research design, while stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting the 200 respondents. The two instruments for data collection which were tagged “social reformation and students’ behavioral modification Questionnaire” (SRSBMQ) as well as “Agricultural Science Achievement Test (ASAT)” were administered to 200 respondents and used for the study. The instruments were vetted by experts in Test and Measurement before the reliability test was conducted with 40 respondents and the result which was 0.75 proved the instrument reliable for the study. Data collected were analyzed using regression analysis. The results of the data analyses were all significant and from the results of the analysis, it was observed that there is significant influence of social reformation in the role of counselors on the behavioral modifications of secondary school students in Uyo Metropolis. It was also observed that there is a significant influence of social reformation by the role of counselors on the improved level of academic performance of Students in Uyo Metropolis. One of the recommendations was that Government and NGO’s should establish more Counseling centers in every field of organization in government custody. There should be at least three counselors to a school, from nursery to tertiary institutions, depending on the population strength.