The study examined the counselling techniques for reducing unemployment among university graduates in South East, Nigeria. It specifically sought the extent to which school counsellors utilize Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT), orientation, information techniques for reducing unemployment among university graduates in South East, Nigeria. This was done with particular reference to the counsellor's status. The population of the study was 84 Counsellors (26 Guidance Counsellors and 58 Lecturer counsellors currently serving in the 10public owned universities in South East, Nigeria. No sampling was done since the number is small and manageable. Out of 84 copies of questionnaire developed by the researcher and distributed, 73 copies were returned signifying 86.91%. They were all used to collect the data for the study using self -structured questionnaire developed by the researcher called Counselling Technique for Reducing Unemployment Scale (CTFRUSS). The instrument was face validated by three (3) experts: one in Measurement and Evaluation and two others in Guidance and counselling Department. Cronbach Alpha Reliability estimate was used to ascertain the internal consistency of the instrument. The design of the study was descriptive statistics. Data collected for this study were analyzed using mean, grand mean and standard deviation, to answer the four research questions. The four research hypotheses were tested using t-test statistic. The result obtained from the analysis showed that school counsellors utilize Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT), orientation and information techniques in reducing unemployment among university graduates in South East, Nigeria to a great extent. The study revealed also that counsellors’ status used the noted techniques significantly for reducing unemployment among university graduates in South East, Nigeria. Based on the findings, the researcher recommends, among others, that these techniques should be introduced in the Universities as courses to get young minds acquainted. The researcher therefore suggests that the study should be replicated with a large sample size using Colleges of education in South East Nigeria, Polytechnics in South East Nigeria and private and public universities in South East Nigeria.
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