INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE QUALITY EDUCATION AND THE NATIONAL QUESTIONS IN NIGERIA COUNSELLING IMPLICATIONS

Guidance and counseling are considered as the cornerstones of promoting and facilitating inclusive education in Nigeria and responding to the national questions. Studies conducted in Nigeria, revealed that obstacles that impede the efficient implementation of inclusive education include a lack of support structures for students with special needs and negative attitudes toward them. This paper looks at how national issues impact inclusive and equitable quality education in Nigeria and how guidance and counselling can be used to encourage full implementation in the curriculum, which can then be used to address a number of issues faced by learning disabled students among their peers who treat them in stereotypical ways.The study makes the premise that the inclusive education process should be framed within humanistic psychology, which cultivates the attitude that learning communities should offer humane educational circumstances to fulfill each member's requirements. The researcher has the view that counselling treatment (person-centered theory) will aid in eradicating personality prejudice and fostering an environment in which all students are treated equally. In conclusion, values of cooperation, solidarity, social justice, empathy, caring, and empowerment are the required cultural capital to improve learning in schools and play a crucial role in addressing national issues .It was recommended that Nigerian education authorities and policy makers should see to it that Guidance and Counselling is accepted as a guiding concept for the creation of methods and approaches meant to support inclusive education and address national issues