Impacts of Vocational Guidance in Career Choice of Secondary School Students in Saki East Local Government
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The general purpose of this study is to find out the impact of vocational guidance on the choice of career of secondary school students. Specifically, this study intends to determine;
- To ascertain the impact of vocational guidance on the choice of career for secondary school students in saki east local government
- To help students develop knowledge and appreciation of themselves and others.
- To access the parent-child relationship in vocational guidance on the career choice of secondary school students.
- To ascertain the relationship between teachers and vocational guidance on the choice of career of secondary school students.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Introduction
The choice of careers, subjects, courses of study and the subsequent career paths to follow are a great challenge for many students because they lack adequate information (Issa & Nwalo, 2008). According to Abu Talib and Tan (2009), lack of information hinder students from choosing the right course of study. Guidance and counseling is a professional field which provides range of activities, programs and services on educational, career, social and personal guidance (Mesa, 2013). These services address individual needs, assist them to understand their personality, environment and develop the ability to making informed decisions (Eyo, Joshua & Esuong, 2010). It is imperative that students have knowledge of themselves, current information on their prospective careers, environments and job availability at the point of decision-making (Mesa, 2013; Sarwar & Azmat, 2013). The required knowledge can only be acquired through guidance and counseling, supportive family background, and positive role modeling among others (Mesa 2013). Schools that are supposed to play a leading role in providing career information and counseling are not fulfilling their responsibilities to students (Mapfumo & Nkoma 2013; Sarwar & Azmat 2013). The role of career guidance and counseling in schools according to Adegun and Aremu (2013) and Mesa (2013), is to assist students in subject selection, develop self-awareness, knowledge on career options, learn career choice skills, awareness of post-secondary challenges, job search skills, cope with job stress, learn application of problem solving skills and apprise them with possible mistakes in decision made (Mesa, 2013).
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to a Impacts of vocational guidance in career choice of secondary school students in saki east local government
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was on Impacts of vocational guidance in career choice of secondary school students in saki east local government. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of vocational guidance in career choice of secondary school students
Summary
This study was on Impacts of vocational guidance in career choice of secondary school students in saki east local government. Four objectives were raised which included: To ascertain the impact of vocational guidance on the choice of career for secondary school students in saki east local government, to help students develop knowledge and appreciation of themselves and others, to access the parent-child relationship in vocational guidance on the career choice of secondary school students and to ascertain the relationship between teachers and vocational guidance on the choice of career of secondary school students. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of selected secondary schools in saki east local government. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made principals, vice principals administration, senior staffs and junior staffs were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
The findings of this study further reveal the absence of career guidance in the schools. This is a lamentable upshot. It was found that due to this condition in most schools visited, majority of the participants did not have enough career information as expected of students at their final stage of secondary education. Regrettably, career information did not seem to be accorded the significance it deserved as career guidance was not offered in most private schools. In schools with career guidance units, their programs, initiatives and practices were inadequate to meet the needs of students.
Recommendation
Secondary school students should be exposed to the importance of guidance services and what counseling is all about in order for them to make good career decisions.
Students should be enlightened through vocational guidance on the available and the right career path to take. This in essence would help reduce the level of unemployment among school leavers.
Students should be trained properly on areas that can lead them to employment. This can be achieved by developing the three domains of the individual; which is psychomotor, affective and the cognitive domain.
The researcher also recommends that proper and adequate time should be created for guidance and counseling activities in secondary schools. If possible, guidance and counseling should be included in the school’s curriculum.
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