According to the US Department of Education (2003), the availability of program schedule and staff roles and responsibilities are very crucial for the effective implementation of G&C programs. In the present study, however, guidance and counselors did not have clearly defined roles and responsibilities. They were preoccupied with routine works coming from the school principal. While ASCA states that school counselors should spend at least 70 % of their time offering direct service to students, the present study showed that most school counselors spent their time on non guidance and counseling activities like being unit leaders and other managerial activities. Adediran (1995) stressed that before the organization and administration of guidance and counseling units in schools, the counselor must be fully aware of the functions of the services and other significant programs of the school.
Other than the absence of program schedule and written plans, almost all school counselors did not have private counseling room. This is contrary to what Ipaye’s (1988) and Egbochuku and Iyamu’s (2000) suggest. According to them, without a private accommodation counseling will not be successful and delivery of guidance services will be ineffective