Rima International Journal of Education (RIJE)

Influence of Career Counselling on Choice of Future Occupation among Undergraduates’ Students of Sokoto State University, Sokoto

Mukhtar Nawait Salihu & Abubakar Mukhtar Gwanga
Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University

Abstract

The study employed descriptive survey design with a population of 10,353 and sample size of 370 respondents. Three objectives and three research questions were raised to guide the study. Data was collected by the researcher self-developed questionnaire with validity and reliability indexes of 0.82 and 0.76 respectively. After data analysis, the result revealed that career counselling has significant influence on the students’ choice of occupation. It was also gathered that students contact with counsellor helped in deciding their occupation and students had strongly admitted that selection of future occupation can be satisfactory with the aid of career counsellor. It was further recommended that schools should provide essential career counselling and general service for better understanding of students’ capacity and making right choice of occupation. Since their perception is positive toward career counselling.

Keywords

Career Counselling, Choice of occupation

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