International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research (IJAMR)   Year: 2022 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 12 | Page No.: 7-10 Students and Staff Awareness on Availability and Accessibility of Counselling Resources in Osun State College of Education, Ilesha Download PDF FASONI, Jane Ruth Okorie Abstract: Counseling resources are vital to achieving sustainable counselling services. Counselling services help students and staffmeet their needs in several areas of development, such as academic, career, and personal. Counselling resources are broadly categorized as human and materials which include, professional counsellor, filling cabinets, psychological test batteries, career album, information boards, counselling offices, counselling laboratory, projectors, television sets, and other electronic materials to mention a few. This study examined the availability and accessibility of counselling resources in tertiary institutions in Osun State. The study employed a descriptive research design of survey type. A sample size of 180 (150 students and 30 staff) was selected using the stratified random sampling technique from Osun State College of Education, Ilesha. Findings revealed that the top available counselling resources are the information Board, record book/file folder ranks, computer for operations and data storage ranks, reference books, and air condition/fan (AC) while bibliotherapy books, online counseling service, and two-way mirrors ranked low. This indicates that there is a high level of material counselling and a low level of human counselling resources. It is also evident that the staffs have a higher score than the student in the level of awareness on the availability and accessibility of counselling resources and the socio-demographic factors that influence the availability and accessibility of counselling resources include gender, religion, and occupation while age and qualification do not significantly influence the level of awareness on the availability and accessibility of counselling resources. The study, therefore, recommends an urgent need for proper sensitization on the benefits of accessing available counselling resources and that the institution management prioritizes the supply of more human resources in the counselling department.