Perceived parent’s social status as determinants of students’ career choice in secondary schools in anambra state
Keywords:
parents, social status, students, career choice, secondary schoolsAbstract
The focus of this study was to determine perceived parent’s social status as determinants of students’ career choice in secondary schools in Anambra state. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. Five research questions guided the study. The accessible population for this study comprised of 2068 senior secondary school students (SS I) in Awka south LGA of Anambra state. The sample for this study comprises 600 SS I students. The multistage sampling procedure was adopted in sampling the respondents. The instrument for data collection was a 25-item structured questionnaire titled “perceived parents’ social status as determinant of career choice questionnaire. The items are structured on a 4-point Likert scale response option of Strongly Agree-4, Agree-3, Disagree-2, Strongly Disagree-1. Three experts validated the instrument. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach alpha statistics and yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.803. Data collected through direct delivery approach was analyzed using arithmetic mean and standard deviation. The findings of this study revealed that students agreed to three (3) items out of five items raised on perceived parents’ educational level as determinants of students’ career choice, students also agreed to three (3) items raised out of five (5) on perceived parents’ occupational level as determinants of students’ career choice, students agreed to all five (5) items raised on perceived socio-economic status of the family as determinants of students’ career choice, students agreed to three (3) items out of five on the perceived parents’ values and expectation as determinants of students’ career choice and finally, students agreed to all five (5) items raised on perceived parent-child relationship as determinants of students’ career choice in secondary schools Anambra state. Based on these findings it was recommended among others that school administrators should collaborate with the government as well as industries to promote school-industry collaboration programmes. Through this, seminar and excursions will be organized and adolescents will acquire hands on experience in their chosen career path.
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