Abstract:
The research was set out to investigate factors that influence career choice among the
senior high school students in the Nkoranza South District of Bono East Region,
Ghana, and the extent to which those factors influence students’ choice. Survey
design was used. The main instrument used for data collection was questionnaire.
Simple random sample techniques were used to select 78 students from three public
second cycle institutions in the district. Descriptive statistics was used in analysing
data. The results show that, there are no laid down steps students follow in making
career decisions and students don’t attend any career workshop in selecting their
desire careers. Parents sometimes aid their wards in selecting the course of study
when they go to the senior high schools hence, deciding what they should become in
future. Government policies sometimes also affect career choice of students especially
when the government becomes the sole medium of employment. It was recommended
that Career Education and Guidance should be introduced in the primary school to
enable children to explore the world of work as young people need to make a smooth
transition from primary school to the initial years of senior high school and the
Ministry of Education should allocate funds for a Guidance and Counselling activities
in all basic and second cycle schools. It is also prudent for the District Educational
Offices to organise career workshops to aid the students in the quest to make career
selection.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Educational Foundations,
Faculty of Educational Studies, Submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies, in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of
Postgraduate Diploma
(Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
