ABSTRACT
An exploration of parents critical role in their children‘s career choices and aspirations was the primary focus of this paper. This study was carried out to identify parental influence on the child’s learning and his future life endeavour. A population of 200 students drawn from five Secondary Schools in Shomolu Local Government Area of Lagos State was randomly selected for this study. To each student, a questionnaire was administered and answers offered were collated and analysed. The results obtained from the study showed that, illiterate parents have little or no time for their children’s education. Children from educated homes show more interest in education but lack motivation from their parents. While others, their parents force them to learn what they [parents] want them to learn or study. However, it was also found out that only few students are interested in their parent’s occupation. More so, discoveries from the study reveal that illiterate parents have no interest in their children’s academic growth and as such they hardly influence the choice of career among their children. Furthermore, there is no significant difference between children from educated homes who show interest in education even when the necessary motivation is given and those whose parents are illiterate. This is due to the fact that a considerable number of children live without parental support, as in orphans, children living in the streets and displaced who on account of the poverty of their parents are subjected to inhuman and sadistic ordeals. This reduces their desire to learn as it happens frequently in Shomolu Local Government Area of Lagos State.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background of Study
1.2 Statement of Problems
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Research Question
1.5 Research Hypothesis
1.6 Scope of Study
1.7 Significance of study
1.8 Limitation of study
1.9 Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature Review
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Research methodology
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Population of study
3.3 Sampling Design and Procedure
3.4 Data Collection Instrument
3.5 Administration of Data Collection Instrument
3.6 Methods of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Data Presentation and Analysis
4.1 Data Presentation
4.2 Test of Hypothesis
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation
5.1 Summary
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendation
References
Questionnaire