CAREER CHOICE DETERMINANTS OF ACCOUNTING OPTION AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENT’S IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined Career Choice Determinants of Accounting Option Among Business Education Student’s in Colleges of Education in North-Eastern Nigeria. The research has two specific objectives, two research questions that were meant to guide the study and two null hypotheses formulated and were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a survey research design that is purely quantitative, using an adapted questionnaire that was administered to 131 randomly selected NCE III Students in Colleges of Education in North East Nigeria. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation as well as the use of while Linear Logistic Regression in testing the hypotheses. The results indicated that family background and peer group have a significant positive influence on students’ choice of accounting option among business education students in the colleges of education in the North-Eastern Nigeria. By implication, a dramatic decline in both the number and the quality of students who are choosing accounting as a Career choice will improve positively. The study further recommended that, for students to make the right career choice, the family (parents) and peer group should be encouraged not to interfere on students’ career choice and likely be forced to go to a wrong choice.