INDIGENOUS COUNSELLING TECHNIQUES IN CURBING THE DEVIANCE OF INDECENT DRESSING AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN DELTA STATE

The study sought to investigate Indigenous counselling techniques in curbing the deviance of indecent dressing among undergraduate students in Delta State. The reign of skimpy dresses on campus has turned many campuses to fashion runways. However, besides wearing short skirts, some male and female undergraduate students throw caution to the wind by displaying their boobs and earrings as a cheap means of getting attention. The study was guided by two research question. The study design was survey research design. The population of the study is 21, 320 undergraduate students in Delta State University Abraka and College of Education undergraduate students in Warri, Delta State. The sample size is 2132 undergraduate students both from Delta State University Abraka and College of Education Warri. The instrument that was used for collecting the data for this research was structured questionnaire which was developed by the researcher in line with the specific objectives and research questions. The questionnaire was drafted in two sections. Findings from the study revealed the various forms of indecent dressing common among undergraduate students, which are stated as follows; Look but don’t touch dressing, Tight-fitting clothes, Show Back and My Bra is Cute dressing, See my Navel / Belly dressing, and Jeans trousers that expose some parts of the buttocks and even the line of the buttocks. Moreso, recommendations was made that Lecturers should be authorized to refuse indecently dressed students in their classes and stop attending to such.