IMPACT OF ADMINISTRATION OF STUDENTS’ CAREER CHOICE ON ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN JIGAWA STATE.

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2012-08
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KAZAURE, RABIU SALEH
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Many students choose a career by accident due to lack of adequate information about the job. This research set objectives among which were to assess the impact of students career choice by decision making and producing an increasing number of primary school pupils to higher education in Jigawa state. It also examined the impact of maintenance of facilities meant for students’ career choice for equipping students to live effectively in modern age of science and technology. The population of the study consisted of 100 principals, 30 ministry of education officials, and 150,000 students of all the senior secondary schools in Jigawa state. Ten percent of the population was used for the study. The data for the study were collected through the use of questionnaire. The data was analyzed using t-test statistical method at 0.05 significant levels. In addition, the research among other things discovered that there was shortage of trained career masters in secondary schools in Jigawa state; inadequate supply of materials for career choice; and that students were mostly not guided while choosing courses of study in institutions of higher learning. It is therefore, recommended that career choice officers should be created in schools where they do not exist; a policy be made to provide more trained career masters to schools; funds for career choice should be increased, planning and statistics department should be sit up in discharging their responsibilities.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA – NIGERIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIONAL FOUNDATIONS AND CURRICULUM. AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA – NIGERIA
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ADMINISTRATION,, CAREER CHOICE,, ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES,, SECONDARY EDUCATION,, JIGAWA STATE.
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