The Effect of Parental Influence on the Choice of Career Among Secondary School Students

ABSTRACT
The study was carried out to identify the effects parental influence has on the child's learning and his future life, endeavour of student. A student population of 50 student drawn from five Secondary School 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.

Keywords: effects, Parents, choice, career, students.