Academic Procrastination-A Neglected Issue in Nigerian Secondary Schools: What Can Counsellors Do?

Charles N. Ugwuegbulam, Naheed Ibrahim, Vera Nkiru Nwadinobi, Best-Njoku Maris

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Academic procrastination as an issue has not significantly been attended to. It is of grave concern as many students’ academic performances are negatively affected with attendant consequences on the person of the academic procrastinator. This paper seeks to create an understanding of the concept of procrastination and academic procrastination. It establishes its prevalence in schools, identify possible causes of academic procrastination and suggest some workable strategies that counsellors can adopt to assist and possibly cure academic procrastination among secondary school students in Nigeria with a view of improving their academic performances.


Keywords


Procrastination; Academic procrastination; Counselling; To-do-list; Buddying strategy; Parkinson’s law

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/13359

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