Abstract:
The study examined the factors responsible for career choice among students of
public senior high schools in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District. The
descriptive design was employed for the study. The study used the purposive
sampling technique to include 357 senior high students for the study. Closedended
questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.71 was used to collect data.
Frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations were used for5 the
data analysis. Findings from this study showed that environmental factors
influenced career choice among senior high school students. Students reported
that opportunities and self-knowledge influenced their career choice. It was
found that environmental factors influenced choice of careers. Respondents
mentioned that money had been an issue in choosing a career, their parents had
great influence in their career choice and moving with students in tertiary
institutions did affect their choice of career. It was concluded that counsellors
at various senior high schools should sensitize students regarding solutions to
challenges they faced when making career choices. It is recommended that
school guidance counsellors need to develop effective and comprehensive
guidance and counselling programme for schools. This would help students to
know about the various career options available in order to and utilize them.
