Abstract: The paper highlights the reckoning or evaluation of the guidance and counseling services on students’ in schools. Effective Guidance and counseling was aimed at assisting students harmonize their abilities, interests and values and thereby develop their full potential. All this is geared towards improving the self-image of the students and facilitating better achievement in academic performance. Therefore, the paper recommended that more guidance and counseling center should be set-up with more professional counselors employed in the schools and also Government should support guidance and counseling practically by providing funds. Also the purpose of this paper was to establish the challenges facing effective implementation of guidance and counseling in schools. Furthermore, the paper recommends that there is need for all Nigerian schools counselors to be taken through a thorough and informative training on the importance of giving full support to guidance and counseling programmes in their schools. There is also need to work to change the negative attitude towards guidance and counseling held by some students and parents. Furthermore, the paper elucidates the concept of guidance and counseling, types of guidance and counseling, the Importance of Guidance and Counseling Services in Schools, Objectives of Guidance and Counseling in Schools and Problems Facing Guidance and Counseling in Schools among others. And finally do to the nature of the research analytical method is used when conducting the research.