ABSTRACT
The choice of a career is very important because it affects one’s entire life. To enable
students make this crucial decision, career guidance is offered in secondary schools in
Kenya to help the students realise their potential and select training programmes that will
lead them to appropriate careers in future. Despite the fact that students are given career
guidance, many students try to change the training programmes they had chosen
immediately after admission or after a period of study in the university, indicating a
dissatisfying choice. Since the influence of career guidance depends on how career
counsellors and students perceive it, this study was carried out to establish the perceptions
of students and career counsellors about the influence of career guidance on the choice of
training programmes in public secondary schools. The study areas were Mombasa, Meru
and Kiambu counties of Kenya. The study employed a descriptive survey research design.
The target population was 31,145 form four students in 394 public secondary schools.
Multistage sampling procedure was used to select a sample of 395 students from 33
secondary schools. In addition 33 career counsellors were purposively sampled. A pilot
study was carried out in 3 public secondary schools in Embu County. The data was
collected using two questionnaires and was analysed using Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics (mean, percentages and frequencies) and
inferential statistics (Chi-square) were used in data analysis. The findings of the study
were that career guidance was perceived to be useful in influencing the students’ choice
of training programmes by the career counsellors and students. However, majority of the
students had not sat for the career test hence they were not certain if it would influence
the choice of training programmes or not. It was observed that demographic
characteristics did not influence the career counsellors’ and students’ perceptions about
the influence of career guidance on the choice of training programmes. The results were
expected to inform career counsellors to evaluate their career guidance practice and
improve on it. The students may review their perceptions about career guidance to ensure
that it enhances their choices of training programmes, while other education stakeholders
may utilise the results in the process of human resource development through provision of
appropriate career guidance. The study recommended that career guidance be empowered
in secondary schools to increase the students level of self-awareness as well has enable
them to relate the subjects, training programmes and careers.
THURANIRA, M (2021). Perceptions Of Students And Career Counsellors About The Influence Of Career Guidance On The Choice Of Training Programmes In Public Secondary Schools In Kenya. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/perceptions-of-students-and-career-counsellors-about-the-influence-of-career-guidance-on-the-choice-of-training-programmes-in-public-secondary-schools-in-kenya
THURANIRA, MERCY "Perceptions Of Students And Career Counsellors About The Influence Of Career Guidance On The Choice Of Training Programmes In Public Secondary Schools In Kenya" Afribary. Afribary, 11 May. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/perceptions-of-students-and-career-counsellors-about-the-influence-of-career-guidance-on-the-choice-of-training-programmes-in-public-secondary-schools-in-kenya. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.
THURANIRA, MERCY . "Perceptions Of Students And Career Counsellors About The Influence Of Career Guidance On The Choice Of Training Programmes In Public Secondary Schools In Kenya". Afribary, Afribary, 11 May. 2021. Web. 15 Oct. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/perceptions-of-students-and-career-counsellors-about-the-influence-of-career-guidance-on-the-choice-of-training-programmes-in-public-secondary-schools-in-kenya >.
THURANIRA, MERCY . "Perceptions Of Students And Career Counsellors About The Influence Of Career Guidance On The Choice Of Training Programmes In Public Secondary Schools In Kenya" Afribary (2021). Accessed October 15, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/perceptions-of-students-and-career-counsellors-about-the-influence-of-career-guidance-on-the-choice-of-training-programmes-in-public-secondary-schools-in-kenya