APPROPRIATE CAREER DECISION MAKING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A PANACEA TO HIGH DROPOUT AND INSECURITY AMONG STUDENTS IN NIGERIA

Saba, T. M. Ph.D; Mamman, J. S. Ph.D & Alawode, O. D

Abstract

The study outlined appropriate career decision making among university students: a panacea to high dropout and insecurity among students. The study adopted a descriptive survey design to seek the opinion of respondents to achieve this purpose. The study covered two universities in Niger State, Nigeria; FUT Minna and IBBU Lapai. The instrument used for the study was a questionnaire. The questionnaire was duly validated, and the reliability coefficients obtained was determined to be 0.86. Mean, and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions, while z- test and One – way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), were used to analyzed the hypotheses at (P ˂ .05) level of significance. Findings on factors that led to the course of study, among others, include; family influence, grades obtained, inadequate information, financial constraints, and secondary education teachers’ influence. Recommended strategies among others are; Effective career education in secondary education, right parenting style, enhancing student’s self-efficacy and teachers should ensure his or her subject is interesting.