PARENTAL EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND LECTURERS’ ATTITUDES ON CAREER CHOICE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN NIGER STATE

Abstract

Poor academic performance among students in Colleges of Education in Niger State may partly linked to inappropriate career choices. When students choose careers that do not match their interests and abilities, their motivation and commitment to learning decline, which may negatively affect their academic success. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population for the study was 228 N.C.E. III business education students in Colleges of Education in Niger State, Nigeria. Census sampling technique was used to study the entire population in view of the small size of the population. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire, titled Parental Level of Education, Lecturers’ Attitude, Questionnaire (PELAQ). The instrument was validated by three experts. The instrument was pilot tested at Federal College of Education (FCE) Zuba using 20 NCE III students undertaking business education programme and who have chosen options. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument and an index of 0.89 was obtained. Means and standard deviation was used to analyze data to provide answers to research questions, while independent t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at p-value of 0.05. The study recommends that parents should be encouraged to take an active role in their children’s education, regardless of their educational background and that colleges of education should provide regular training and capacity-building programs for lecturers to enhance their teaching skills, communication, and student engagement.

Keywords:  Parental Educational Level, Lecturers’ Attitudes, Career Choice, Academic

        Performance, Business Education Stude