ASSESSMENT OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE NEEDS AMONG TECHNICAL COLLEGE STUDENTS IN KOGI STATE

Abstract

The study assessed vocational guidance needs among Technical college students in Kogi State. Four objectives were formulated for the study, four research questions were raised to guide the study and four hypotheses were formulated at 0.05 level of significance. This research adopted a survey research design. The study was carried out in Kogi State. The population for this study consists of all the final years students numbering 3,084 in Technical Colleges in Kogi State. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 150 students each from Federal Technical College Mopa and Kogi state College of EducationTechnical Kabba respectively. The data collected was analyzed using Mean and Standard deviations to analyze the research questions, while independent t-test was used to analyze the formulated hypotheses. The software used in analyzing is SPSS version 23. The result revealed that items 1-10 agreed with the mean range from 2.50-2.60 on the current state of career choices among electrical/electronics technology education students based on the decision. The result revealed that items 1-13 agreed with the mean range from 2.56-2.71 on the needs for career and occupational guidance among electrical/electronics technology education students based on the decision. The study recommends that the counsellors should be aware of various working conditions for various careers, so as to advice students on better choice of careers and the students should be orientated on a better career choice.