A Study on Students’ Choice of Programme in the University

Ajibola, M. O.; Emeghe, Ijeoma; Oluwumi, A. O.; Oni, Aderonke A.

doi:10.5901/jesr.2017.v7n1p137

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“…Instead, most of the available literature has focused on factors influencing students' choice of specific courses or major namely Agricultural Science (Onu & Ikehi, 2013), Business (Obijole, 2009), and Vocational studies (Igbinedion, 2011). Other authors have centred on extensive choice of programs in universities (Pitan, & Adedeji, 2014;Ajibola et al 2017) and willingness to complete courses of study (Akinwumi and Oladosu, 2015). While recognising the effort in understanding student choices at a course level, it is paramount to have an understating at the tertiary institutional level, how students in Nigeria are making their choices.…”

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Factors Influencing Students’ Choice of a Federal University: A Case Study of a Nigerian Federal University

Adeyanju

Mogaji

Olusola

et al. 2020

Higher Education Marketing in Africa

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The factors affecting students' choice of higher education is essential for the university's management. Various research across the world has been carried out to understand how students select their preferred universities for tertiary study; however, there is a shortage of insight from an African perspective. Specifically focusing on a federal university in Nigeria, this study aims to explore factors influencing students' interest in the school and why they selected it as their study location. A structured questionnaire from 282 undergraduate students based on stratified random sampling was used to understand these choice factors. The study found that personal interest greatly influenced students' decisions, followed by parental influence, university reputation, university ranking, and fees. The results provide an understanding of students' choices for universities in a Nigerian context, which is a loose representation of the general influences of students' choice for study sites on the continent. This would enable stakeholders working in the Nigerian education sector including academics, administrators and practitioners and international collaborators to understand the most effective ways to reach out to prospective students and draw useful lessons for universities' marketing strategies, which could be recommended not only in Nigeria but in Africa at large.

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Factors Influencing Students’ Choice of a Federal University: A Case Study of a Nigerian Federal University

Adeyanju

Mogaji

Olusola

et al. 2020

Higher Education Marketing in Africa

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“…AjÖbola, Emeghe, OluwumÖ, and OnÖ [29] examined the choice of a programme that students' offered at the University. The questionnaire was administered to level 100 students.…”

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Career Choice and Academic Programme among Senior High School Students in the Ashanti Mampong Municipality, Ghana

Dawson-Ahmoah¹,

Emma²,

Joseph

et al. 2023

JESBS

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The study examined career choice and academic programmes among senior high school students in the Ashanti Mampong Municipality. The study was guided by three research questions and three hypotheses. The study used the descriptive cross-sectional survey design with a quantitative approach. Multi-stage sampling procedures (purposive, proportionate, and simple random sampling) were used to select a sample of 336 respondents for the study. The instrument used to gather data was the questionnaire. The data was analysed using means and standard deviation while hypotheses were tested using an independent sample t-test. Results revealed that environmental factors, institutional factors, and personal characteristics influenced students' career choices and academic programmes. The study revealed that there was no significant difference in the perception of male and female students regarding the environmental factors that influenced their selection of career choice and academic programme. The study further revealed gender differences in institutional factors when making decisions about their career choice and academic programme. The study again revealed no gender difference in the mean score of students’ perception regarding their personal characteristics that influenced their choice of career and academic programme. Based on these findings, it was recommended that educators and school counsellors should focus on parents’ socio-economic status when counselling students on career choice and academic programmes.

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Development of a web-based building profession career portal as a guidance information system for secondary school students

Afolabi

Ojelabi

Amusan

et al. 2017

2017 International Conference on Computing Networking and Informatics (ICCNI)

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A Study on Students’ Choice of Programme in the University

Abstract: The study examined the choice of programme that students' offered in the University, especially

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Factors Influencing Students’ Choice of a Federal University: A Case Study of a Nigerian Federal University

Factors Influencing Students’ Choice of a Federal University: A Case Study of a Nigerian Federal University

Career Choice and Academic Programme among Senior High School Students in the Ashanti Mampong Municipality, Ghana

Development of a web-based building profession career portal as a guidance information system for secondary school students

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