The Pattern of Career Aspirations among Chemistry Students in Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State

Abstract

This study checked for factors like how gender affects the choice of career to find out if students are influenced by so many factors that do not allow them to follow their choice of career. A purposeful sampling was used to select students in chemistry and chemistry education. Questionnaire was administered to ensure true validity of the study and then necessary data was collected through a carefully structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed by converting the data to main frequency count and standard deviation. 223 students make up the sample size for this study. From the data obtained, the finding show that the choice of career aspirations of students is affected by their gender by the means of male (3.04) and female (3.15) which is greater than the decision making 2.5. The findings showed that students are influenced by friends, social and social economic status by mean of (3.10). The findings also showed that parents play a major role in influencing their children choice of career by the mean of (2.66) and lastly the findings showed that guardian and counseling center in the school also influence career aspirations of students by mean of (2.79). In conclusion, a student's professional goals should be determined by their academic performance rather than by factors like popularity, parental influence, social position, or economic standing.