Students' Choice of Careers in Professional Areas in Delta State University, Abraka: Implication for counseling

Abstract

The study investigated final year students of Faculty of Education and third year students of Faculty of Health Sciences choice of career in 2004/2005 academic session in Delta State University Abraka. The instrument used for data collection was a self designed questionnaire administered on 240 students, 120 subjects from the Faculty of Education and 120 subjects from the Faculty of Health sciences, Delta State University, Abraka. Survey design was utilized, t-test statistics was used to test the three null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Results showed that hypotheses one and three were not significant at 0.05 level of significance, hence they were accepted. Hypothesis two was significant at 0.05 level of significance it was therefore rejected. The implications of the findings were also discussed.

The Nigerian Journal of Guidance Counselling Vol. 10 (1) 2005: pp. 78-84