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Career Guidance Provision in Secondary Schools: Are Learners Able to Make Informed Career Choices?
Abstract
Research has shown that the majority of young people leave school with little knowledge of appropriate careers suitable for their abilities and interests thereby leading to low job satisfaction, and unfulfilled potential among others. Therefore, the objectives of this paper were to investigate learners' abilities with regard to career planning, attaining career information and decision-making. The study employed a quantitative cross-sectional survey design. A self-constructed questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analysed through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences and presented in frequency tables. Therefore, through the application of the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), the results indicate that the majority of learners agreed to possessing adequate knowledge about career planning, career decision-making and tertiary institutions. Contrary to popular belief that adolescents are highly influenced by their peers, friends were noted to be the least influential figures in the learners' career decision-making.
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