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COMPARATIVE
STUDY OF CAREER ASPIRATIONS OF STUDENTS IN RURAL AND URBAN SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
It is quite
interesting to hear young people talk about career aspirations and reasons for
their choices. Many of them especially, the final year students in the various
secondary schools face the problem of choosing a career they will pursue in
future (Munoye, 2000). Considering their age, their choices are influenced by
many factors such as peer group, parents socio-economic status, sex of the
student, interest and motivational level, availability of career information,
subject studied at school and so on. According to Mailumo (2001) the problem
with career aspirations and choice is further compounded because of the lack of
adequate career education, simply put as work-related education, which he says
is a strong determinant of career choice. He believes that the individual needs
to become aware and well informed of all about the world of work as one of
those aspects of human endeavour.
Secondly,
there is an acute shortage, if not a complete absence of trained guidance
counsellors in most Nigerian schools, especially in public and state schools.
This need is well articulated in the revised National Policy on Education (NPE,
2004). The policy states that “in view of the apparent ignorance of many young
people about career prospects, and in view of personality maladjustment amongst
school children, career officers and counsellors ought to be appointed in
post-primary institutions”.
A one time
Minister of Education in Nigeria, Prof. Jubril Aminu, described guidance and
counselling as indispensable to the 6-3-3-4 system of education, that through
its application, students could be correcting or guided to go into areas that
are best suited to their abilities, aptitudes, interests and capabilities
(Daily Times, March, 20, 1988).
But in spite
of all these policy statements and other pronouncements, most post-primary
schools in the country have not had the opportunity to have guidance
counsellors. This is rather unfortunate because with the multiplicity of career
alternatives based on individual differences, abilities and aptitudes,
education and length of training, sex, interests among others, career choice is
becoming increasingly difficult (Ayo, 1990). The development in science and
technology has led to new careers of which most people are not aware of
(Omoegun and Buraimo, 2001). To Olayinka (1986), Career services in schools should
be an integral part of our educational system especially, if we want education
to be functional, child-centered and job-oriented.
Olayinka
(1973) investigated the difference in vocational aspirations of boys and girls
in Lagos. This study revealed that majority of the youths choose jobs without
relating them to their interest and capabilities to cope with the nature of
jobs. This, according to him was due to the absence of adequate guidance by
school counsellors. In the same vein, he asserted that the youths especially,
those living in the urban areas were enticed to choose jobs simply because such
jobs had a high payment or remuneration or for prestigious reasons. The result
of this study also showed that girls were unrealistic in their choices of some
careers when their performance was observed in certain subject areas.
According to
Anyanwu (1994), when one compares the job aspirations of children from urban
and rural areas, that of the children from urban areas are higher. According to
him, children from high socio-economic status who also live in the metropolis,
tend to aspire to be doctors, lawyers, engineers, pharmacists, accountants,
pilots etc; while children who live in the rural areas who are not exposed to
the urban life tend to have lower aspirations. The children in urban schools,
because of their exposure to urban life, will always want to meet up with the
expectations of their parents and the society.
As Adeleke
(1990) puts it, majority of the rural children tend to be school drop-outs.
Many of them stop school often to join one trade or the other. They normally
become apprentices to learn one vocation or the other instead of continuing
their education for higher and better choice of jobs at the end of their
education in the higher institutions.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
No doubt,
when adolescents choose careers without adequate direction and information on
the type and nature of career they choose, it leads them to unrealised career
aspiration and fulfillment in life. Also, when one is in a career one is not
cut out naturally for, one is bound to become unhappy and in many instances,
people have been frustrated all through their lives due to the fact that they
made wrong choices in their occupations.
The problems
of rural and urban areas and youths’ choices of occupations cannot be
overemphasized. For example, children in the urban areas usually select careers
based on the information and discretion they have either by their parents or
from the media which abound in the cities than the rural areas.
The youths
who dwell in the rural areas often find it difficult to make a good choice of
jobs that will see them through in life. Rather, due to lack of correct
information and direction on job choice, youths in the rural areas are found to
make wrong career choices. Most of them end up to choose wine tapping,
carpentry, iron benders, plumbers, bicycle repairers, mechanics etc.
This study
examines career aspirations of students in the urban and rural schools in Lagos
State.
1.3 Purpose of the Study
The purpose
of this study is to examine and compare career aspirations of students in urban
and rural schools in Lagos State.
The specific
objectives of this study include:
i. To find out whether peer group
influences adolescents’ career aspirations in both urban and rural
environments.
ii. To find out whether the
socio-economic status of parents influences their children’s career.
iii. To find out whether the sex of the
child has any role to play in the career choice of youths.
iv. To find out whether motivational
level of the child has significant influence on his/her choice of career.
v. To find out whether information on
career affects children’s involvement in one career or the other.
vi. To find out whether interest of the
child influences his or her career aspirations in life.
1.4 Research Questions
The
following research questions were raised in this study:
i. To what extent will the career
aspirations of students in urban schools differ from that of rural schools?
ii. Will there be any relationship
between peer group and the career choice of students?
iii. Will there be a significant
relationship between parents’ socio-economic status and children’s career
aspirations?
iv. Is there a relationship between the
sex of the child and his or her choice of career
v. To what extent will interest affect
the career choice of students?
vi. To what extent will there be any
relationship between the motivational level of the students and their choice of
career?
1.5 Research Hypotheses
The
following hypotheses were formulated for testing in this study:
i. There will be no significant
influence of interest on the vocational aspirations of students in schools.
ii. There will be no significant gender
relationship in the vocational interest of students in schools.
iii. There will be no significant
relationship between parents’ occupation and the vocational interest of
students in school.
iv. There will be no significant
relationship between school location and vocational interests of students in school.
v. There will be no significant
vocational interest by females students in schools.
1.6 Significance of the Study
This study
will be of great benefit to students because they would gain an insight on
career choice and aspirations. The study will help them to understand the
importance of choosing a career or selecting subjects that can lead them to
certain jobs in life. With the findings and recommendations of the study,
students will appreciate the essence of choosing the right jobs. Also, students
in the rural areas will be assisted by the recommendations, which will help
them and encourage them to embrace the attributes of choosing jobs that will be
of great importance to them in future.
The result
of this study and its recommendations will help guidance counsellors appreciate
the more, the fact that students at the secondary school level need to be
helped through their wealth of experience in order to choose better careers in
life.
Through this
study both the Federal and State government will appreciate the fact that the
child in school needs to be well guided in order to make a choice of career
that will benefit him in future. The study will help governments to put in
place some systems that will help the child to be able to make a choice of
career. It will also enable government to realise the importance of the school
counsellor to the career aspirations of the child.
Parents will
no doubt appreciate this study because it will enable them to understand the
job aspirations of their children. With the recommendations parents will be
encouraged to be conversant with the future of their children and the danger in
imposing or choosing careers for them.
1.7 Scope of the Study
The study is
a comparative study of career aspirations of students in urban and rural areas
of Lagos State.
Participants
will be secondary school children (SS 2 students) from randomly selected
secondary schools in Lagos Mainland representing urban schools and Ikorodu
representing rural schools.
The variables
to be considered will include age, socio-economic status of parents of
students, interest, motivational level, peer-group influence and availability
of career information.
1.8 Definition of Key Terms
The terms
used in this study will be operationally defined as follows:
i. Career: This is defined by Super
and Super (1989) as a sequence of occupations, jobs and positions occupied
during a persons working life. Career will be used interchangeably to mean one
and the same with vocation, occupation, duty, job, profession. These are what
we do to earn a living, although there are subtle differences. Certain
expectations are expected of each career. Doctors are expected to be clean
intellectual and sympathetic lawyers are expected to be able to argue
intelligently. They are to be bold cunning and have broad world-view. Teachers
ought to be disciplined and neat.
ii. Aspiration: Arnolds (1990),
aspiration is a strong desire to do something great or important. This is the
desire youths or even adults have in getting involved in a certain profession,
job or career.
iii. Expectation: According to Advanced
Learners Dictionary (1980) expectation is the conditions of expecting
something. It is an hope that one has for the future.
iv. Motivation: Motivation is the reason
to do or for doing something. According to Abraham Maslow (1943) motivation is
a drive to act on the direction of a particular outcome. Aspiration is a
function of both needs and the probability that those needs will be met.
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