An Evaluation of Teachers’ Utilization in Zaria Secondary Schools: Implication for Guidance and Counseling

It is popularly said that teachers produces their kind, the heavy investment in education by Government have not been actualized when compared with the poor performance in external examinations and behavioral of the students. It seems as if the available human and material resources have not been effectively harnessed to achieve the expected goals of secondary education in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria; therefore, the study tries to look at the teacher students ratio in general and the ratio of these with regards to the two compulsory subjects, that is Mathematics and English. The study revealed that teachers in the study area are not effectively utilized. The study further revealed that the teachers were of lower quality, and recommended that teachers should be trained and retrained this training should include guidance and counseling.