The Effect of Parental Influence on the Choice of Career among Secondary School Students (#7197)

ABSTRACT The study was carried out to identify the effects of parental influence has on the child's learning and his future life, endeavour of student in Egor  Local Government Area of Edo State. A student population of 50 student drawn from five Secondary School in Egor Local Government Area randomly selected was used for the study to each student questionnaire was administered and answer offered were collated and analysed. The result obtained from the study show that, illiterate parents have little or no time to their children's education children from educated home background show more interest in education lack of motivation and parents forcing them to do their will. It was also found out that only few students are interested in their parent's occupation. Discoveries from the study reveals that illiterate parents have no interest in their children academic growth, parents are not a factor influencing the choice of career among their children. Furthermore, there is no significant different between children from educated home towards Education of given the necessary motivation.  This is due to the fact that a consideration number of children live without parental support, as in orphans, children living in the streets, displaced and refused children who on account of the poverty of their parents are subjected to inhuman and sadistic ordeals.  This reduces their desire to learn as it happens frequently in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.
TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER ONE   1.1         BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY1.2         STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM1.3         PURPOSE OF THE STUDY1.4         SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY1.5         RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS1.6         SCOPE AND DELIMITATION1.7         DEFINITION OF TERMSCHAPTER TWO   2.1         LITERATURE REVIEW2.2         WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE CAREER2.3         FACTORS INFLUENCE CHOICE OF CAREER2.4         WHY PARENTS INFLUENCE CHOICE OF CAREER2.5         PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CAREER CHOICE2.6         POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF PARENTS ON CAREER CHOICE.CHAPTER THREE3.1         METHODOLOGY3.2         SOURCE OF DATA3.3         POPULATION AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE3.4         INSTRUMENTATION3.5         ADMINISTRATION OF INSTRUMENT3.6         VALIDITY OF INSTRUMENT3.7         ANALYSIS OF DATA.3.8         STATISTICAL METHOD USECHAPTER FOUR PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA.CHAPTER FIVE   5.1         RECOMMENDATION5.2         RECOMMENDATION TO THE PARENT5.3         RECOMMENDATION TO THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR5.4         RECOMMENDATION OF FURTHER RESEARCHER5.5         CONCLUSION.REFERENCES     QUESTIONNAIRE