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Abstract This study was on relationship between socioeconomic background and career choice among SS2 Students in Gombe metropolis. Three objectives were raised which included:  To find out the vocational/career choice of students in senior secondary schools in Gombe metropolis, to find out the factors that influence senior secondary school student’s career choice and to find out if there is any relationship between parental occupation and their children career choice. A ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background of the Study  Career selection is one of many important choices students make in determining future plans. This decision will impact them throughout their lives because; the essence of who the student is revolves around what the student wants to do with their life-long work. Super, Savicks, and Super (1996) maintains that initial career decision-making is a cultural developmental task that students are expected to ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  Background of the Study In almost every area of human academic endeavour information of different types are required to progress steadily. These information services could be of educational, personal – social and vocational in nature.Experiences in recent years have shown that students in our secondary schools do not really bother about their subjects combination, let alone the relevance or relationship of such  subjects combination to their ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY Career selection is one of the main important choice in students plans. This choice of decision will have impact on them throughout their lives. The essence of who the students are, will revolve around what the students wants to do with his or her choice of career. The oxford advanced learners dictionary, 6th edition of current English defines choice as the right to choose or ...

CHAPTER TWO 2.1        CONCEPT OF CAREER Choosing a career is not like choosing an orange from a basket. According to Weiler (1997) a Successful career seldom happen by chance with very few exception, people who really get what they want in a career do so because they define their objective plans and schedules for achieving their objectives, and assume personal responsibility for implementing and following these plans. These people monitor ...

Abstract This study tends to access the attitude of students in choosing Christian religious studies as a career. Over the years, there have been growing concerns about the attitude of students towards the study of Christian religious studies in secondary schools. A population of 200 students drawn from five Secondary Schools in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State randomly selected was used for the study. Each student’s ...

ABSTRACT This research work is aimed at identifying the influence of gender on career choice of some selected secondary school students in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. In the process of the research questionnaire were administered a guide and data through interview method to get modern cause and trend in career. The findings rate of the study revealed that the effect of gender on career of students affect ...

ABSTRACT This study is aimed at identifying the factors affecting career choice among senior secondary schools students in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The instrument used for collection of data or information in this research is mainly the questionnaires. The questionnaires were distributed to one hundred and sixty respondents selected. To test the validity of the stated research questions from their respondents it was discovered that many of ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Family is a place in which children learn to interpret realities (Wary and Passman, 1996) parents serve as significant interpreters to children for information about the world and children ability (Hall, Kelly, Hansen and Vulwein, 1996) family influence is an important force in preparing students for their role as workers. Young people form their attitude about work and career as a ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Those days, when few people for various reasons could go to schools, and jobs were waiting for individual to qualify and take, there was little need for planning either in terms of what courses to take or in terms of what type of job to do in future as occupation. Today, the old education system order has changed, due to changes in society. ...

ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to find out the influence of home background on the career choice of secondary school students ion Egor. The research was aimed at the influence a child’s family background would have on his choice of career. In carrying out this research there was a review of related literatures, questionnaires were administered to respondents the students in there schools to collect relevant data. The ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY A peer group is both a social group and a primary group of people. Peer group many be defined as a group of people who share similarities such as age, background, and social status. The members of this group are likely to influence the person’s the persons behavior and beliefs. Peers groups contain hierarchies and distinct patterns of behavior. The group provides the ...

Abstract This study tends to access the attitude of students in choosing Christian religious studies as a career. Over the years, there have been growing concerns about the attitude of students towards the study of Christian religious studies in secondary schools. A population of 200 students drawn from five Secondary Schools in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State randomly selected was used for the study. Each student’s ...