161 | Page www.jgcsunizik.org Nwankwo & Egbunike Journal of Guidance and Counselling Studies, 2021, Vol. 5, Issue 1, 161-172 Introduction Students have a lot of task to perform but for one reason or the other completing the task is often postponed so as to enjoy spare time and extracurricular activities which may lead to academic incompetence. These can be due to laziness, volume of work or because of other activities. In everyday life Journal of Guidance and Counselling Studies A publication of Department of Guidance and Counselling, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria Effect of Cognitive Restructuring Technique on Academic Task Procrastination of Secondary School Students in Onitsha Local Government Area of Anambra State Prof. Christopher Amobi Nwankwo 1 & Egbunike, Nkechi Scholastica 2 1&2Department of Guidance and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5105043 Abstract Procrastination is a behavioural problem that constitute a serious academic impediment to all human especially students and teachers in school environment. This study investigated the effect of cognitive restructuring technique on academic task procrastination among secondary school students in Onitsha North local government area of Anambra State. Three research questions and three null hypotheses raised and tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. Quasi experimental no-randomized pre- test and post-test, control group design was used for the study. Sample size of 580, SS 11 and J.SS 11 male and female secondary school students were purposively drawn from seven co-educational secondary schools with population size of 3550. The instrument for data collection was Tuckman procrastination Scale (TPS). Mean was used to answer the research Questions. ANCOVA was used in testing the null hypotheses. Findings of the study revealed among others that cognitive restructuring technique was effective in reducing academic task procrastination among secondary school students. The findings also showed that the different in the effects of cognitive restructuring technique on academic task procrastination of male and female secondary school students was significant. It was also found that the different in the effects of cognitive restructuring technique on academic task procrastination of junior and senior secondary school students was significant. The study recommended, among others that guidance counsellors should start early to adopt the use of cognitive restructuring technique in the reduction of academic task procrastination of secondary school students. Practicing counsellors should also make use of cognitive restructuring technique in counselling students towards reducing their academic task procrastination. Key words: Effects, Cognitive restructuring, Technique, academic task, Procrastination