OCCUPATIONAL PREFERENCES, COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE FACTORS IN FEMALE STUDENTS IN NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

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OCCUPATIONAL PREFERENCES, COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE FACTORS IN FEMALE STUDENTS IN NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract:

The broad aim of the study is to identify the vocational preferences and interest patterns of Nigerian secondary school girls in Cross River and Kano States. Enquiries were undertaken to establish firstly, the various factors which influence students’ preferences; secondly, the relationship between expressed interest and preferred occupations and, thirdly, the vocational needs of secondary school girls in Nigeria. The methodology includes an extensive survey of related literature; an analysis of the main features and roles of women in the Islamic community of Kano and the Christian community of the Cross River State; an overview of the three complementary and perhaps conflicting systems of education operating in Nigeria; an administration of two standardized test batteries, the M.O.P.S. and the V.I.I., developed by Professor C.G.M.Bakare of Ibadan University; and an analysis of data based on tabulated frequencies, Chi-Square and t-test statistical techniques. The results show that, despite modern social trends, Nigerian girls prefer sex-typed jobs. Teaching, medical services and business or trade were the three most preferred jobs. Catering, stenography and jobs in the forces were the least desired. Mothers’ occupational background influenced students’ choices in teaching and nursing. Types of school attended, external factors, (iv) (v) extrinsic reward oriented values, people oriented values and self expression values significantly influenced students’ occupational preferences. Girls are more interested in computational, scientific and clerical activities and less interested in outdoor, musical and mechanical activities, yet their choice of occupation did not indicate these interest patterns. Based on the findings, it was concluded that Nigerian girls have vocational problems, that their choice of occupations is extremely limited; that they are not sufficiently knowledgeable about the various existing occupations in the country and that a need exists for the provision of vocational guidance services organized by qualified guidance staff in Nigerian secondary schools

OCCUPATIONAL PREFERENCES, COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE FACTORS IN FEMALE STUDENTS IN NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

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