Education for sustainable development is the focus of nations around the world, it is not just a country's project. Humans are at the centre of education for sustainable development, Guidance and Counselling is needed for effective functioning of the human organism to achieve education for sustainable development goals. Education for sustainable development is the ability to acquire the needed knowledge, skills, attitudes and necessary values to shape a sustainable future. If the future must be sustained through education, then a veritable instrument must be put in place to achieve the desired results and this instrument is Guidance and Counselling. The paper is a position paper highlighting Guidance and counselling as a veritable instrument of education for sustainable development. Related and relevant information were gathered from, educational websites, textbooks and journal articles. The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the role of guidance and counselling in education for sustainable development. The paper specifically highlights the following; conceptual clarifications, theoretical framework, Problems confronting Education for sustainable development and possible mitigation strategies and guidance and counselling as a veritable instrument of education for sustainable development. It was suggested amongst others that Guidance and Counselling should be provided at all levels of education since it has been recognized by the National policy on Education as an essential education service needed to support and sustain education
