VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND CAREER INTENTION OF ACCOUNTING STUDENTS IN OGUN STATE OWNED UNIVERSITIES (A CASE STUDY OF O.O.U AND TASUED UNDERGRADUATE) (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
ABSTRACT
The study focused on the Vocational skills and career intention of accounting students in Ogun State owned Universities. The study is a descriptive research design survey method. The total population of the study was the entire 1030 accounting students in Ogun State Owned Universities, while stratified random sampling technique was used to select five hundred and fifteen (515) respondents representing the total population. Three research questions and three hypotheses were raised and formulated respectively generated for the study. Adopted scale on career interest and vocational skills scale were used to collect data for the study. Data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed using T-test method of data analysis to test the research hypotheses. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance Findings emanating from the study indicated that, there is no significant relationship between Vocational skills and career intention, that vocational skill awareness will significantly affect student career intention in financial accounting, skills in the use of accounting software will significantly affect accounting student’s career intention. The study then recommended that educators and policy makers should introduce the necessary curriculum needed to equip students with the necessary vocational skills and inform the students who intended to choose accounting as a career profession on the necessary vocational skills that are needed on the profession.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
In Nigeria, many youths go into unsuitable careers due to ignorance, inexperience, peer pressure, advice from friends, parents and teachers or as a result of the prestige attached to certain jobs without adequate vocational guidance and career counseling (Salami, 1999). Consequently, many of them are unsuited for their careers as they usually find themselves in jobs where they could not satisfy their value needs. When this occurs, they constitute nuisance to themselves and their employers. They are usually unable to contribute meaningfully to the society and ultimately become liability to the nation. These thus call for the urgent need of vocational skill among the undergraduate, but how does this relate in turn to the career intention of undergraduate students?
