Influence Of Guidance And Counselling In Career Choice Of Secondary School Students
[EKITI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE]

CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of guidance and counselling on career choice as expressed by secondary school student in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. Two hundred respondents were involved in the conduct of the study. An instrument tagged “Influencing of Guidance and Counselling on career
choice Questionnaire (IGCCCQ) was used to collect the required data for the investigation with respect to age, gender, religion and class level. Four null hypotheses were formulated and tested in the course of this study. This chapter, therefore, contains the discussion of findings, conclusions, implications of the findings, recommendations and suggestion for further studies.
Discussion of Findings
    The analysis of responses to the twenty items revealed that item 1 was ranked first which stated that guidance and counselling influences career choice of secondary school students through, choosing the appropriate career for students. This is in line with the findings of Odeck (1999), Ipaye (1995), Makinde (1981) who found out that school counsellors influence the career choices of secondary school students by deciding and choosing appropriate career.
    Item 6 which stated that guidance and counselling influences career choices of the students by educating them on the skills that are needed for a choosen career is ranked 2nd. This is in line with the finding of Brown, Brooks and Associates (1998) who found that educating students on the skills that are needed in their choosen career will enhance career development of secondary school students. According to them, counselling is a process of getting ready to choose, chosing and continuing to make choices (Brom, Brooks), and Associates, 1996).
    Item 7 which stated that guidance and counselling influences career choice of secondary schools students by providing information to the students about the particular occupation is ranked third. This supports the finding of Holland (1987) who found that providing adequate information to the students on variety of jobs or occupations. This is equally supported by Morris and Levinson (1995); Pierce, McDermolt, and Butkus (2003).
    Item 5 which stated that guidance and counselling influences career choices of secondary school students by giving firsthand knowledge about the kind of career to be choosen. This agrees with the findings of Szymanski, Herschensohn, Enright and Ettinger (1996) found out the providing firsthand information to the students about the kind of career to be chosen by school counsellors enhances students’ career development.
    Item 4 which stated that guidance and counselling influences career choices by ensuring that the students understand. The norms and values of work is ranked 5th. This agrees with the finding of Spokane (1991) who found out that ensuring the students to know the norms and values of work enhances career development.
    On the other hand, item 18 which stated that guidance and counselling influences career choices of secondary school students by teaching them to respect manual labour is ranked 20th. This is supported by the work of Gearheart and Gearheart (1990) who found least correlation between teaching the students to respect manual labour and career development.