Determinants of Career Preference of Students of Technical and Vocational Education in Colleges of Education in North-East, Nigeria.
This study assessed the career preference among Technical and Vocational Education students in Colleges of Education in North East Nigeria. Three purposes and three research questions were formulated to guide the study. The target population was one hundred and ninety-three (193) respondents out of which one hundred and sixty-three (163) respondents were sampled. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire with four likert response scale. The procedure for data collection was structured questionnaire. The method of data analysis was descriptive (mean). The findings of the Studyreveals that parental influence are highly affect career preference among Technical and Vocational Education students of colleges of education.It suggest that there is highly influence of peers on career preference among Technical and Vocational Education students of colleges of education.It also revealed that societies has significant influence on the careers reference among Technical and Vocational Education students of colleges of education. Based on the findings of the study, the study recommends that: Government and non-governmental organization should map out strategy for career information exposure and effective dissemination to students. Government should ensure institutions and government agencies have been engaged in career preference counseling among Technical and Vocational Education students of Colleges of Education in North East Nigeria. Government should government should increase more support in the area of capacity building in term of enlighten, training youth and providing loans to students in subsidizing interest career rate of Technical and Vocational Education students of Colleges of Education in North East Nigeria.
Keywords: Career Preference, Technical and Vocational Education.
