COUNSELLING FOR A CHILD FRIENDLY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, NIGERIA

Education is fundamental human right and it is essential instrument in realising one’s potentials. A key aim of education is to give all citizens the necessary skills and values to improve their quality of life. The primary school education is the foundation laying process that provides the child with the necessary environment and stimulus for learning how to acquire the knowledge of what he needs to cope with life, in proportion with his age, ability and aptitude, in his environment so that he can live a meaningful and useful life in the community. The consideration of the Child Friendly School (CFS) model begins with generic key principles that are subject to interpretation. It is generally agreed that the Child Friendly School concept as introduced in the 1990s was inspired by the principles of child rights as expressed in the CRC. As the ideological foundation of child friendly schools, the CRC gives rise to the generic or key principles that drive the process of making schools child friendly. Hence, the paper focus on concept of counselling, concept of child friendly schools, a framework for right-based child friendly schools, the concept of primary, child environment and among others