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The main purpose of this study was to examine the influence of career guidance
services provided in public secondary schools on students’ choices of future
professional training in Magu District, Mwanza- Tanzania. This study was guided by
three specific objectives which were to explore the factors which make secondary
school leavers enter into unplanned professional training, determine whether career
guidance services in secondary schools enable the students to choose their future
professional training and examine the challenges facing teachers in the delivery career
guidance services to public secondary school students in Magu District. The study was
guided by Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) that was developed by Lent, Brown,
and Hackett in 1994. The study adopted mixed research approach and convergent
parallel research design. The sample size was 152 participants. Quantitative data were
collected through questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive statistics with the
helper of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21 and presented in
frequency, percentages, graphs and charts. Qualitative data were collected through
interview and analyzed thematically by creating themes. The study revealed that career
guidance service that was provided in secondary schools was ineffective; hence, making
secondary school leavers to join unplanned professions and training since it did not
contribute to the students’ choices of future professional training. The provision of
career guidance service is ineffective due to the challenges such as shortage of
materials, lack of cooperation, lack of professional training on career guidance and lack
of qualified career guidance service personnel. The government should ensure provision
of career guidance services training to teachers. |
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