INVESTIGATION ON THE EFFECT OF GENDER DISPARITY ON STUDENT CAREER CHOICE USING SECONDARY SCHOOL IN AKURE MEYTOPOLIS IN ONDO STATE AS CASE STUDY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The reality of being male or female, according to the 6th edition of the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (2001), is referred to as gender. The family is a social group into which a child is born and raised, including his native language. One of the most contentious subjects in school, as well as a non-essential component of life, is career choice. A topic that is very important to many parents and teachers who believe that school ideals should be revised to reflect this. As a result of several issues, there was a shift in the social and economic environment, as well as a step toward dealing with the changing environment on a regular basis.
Prior to the arrival of western education, indigenous knowledge education took place among the people.
as well as civilisation. This type of education was not taught in school as an agent. It entails the transfer of concepts that people have occasionally enjoyed (culture). Despite the efforts of her colonial masters and the federal republic of Nigeria to formalize her citizenship and bring her up to speed. It has been observed that there is a difference in the education of male and female children as a result of gender belief or influence on the child (mostly the girl child). Girl children, on the other hand, are underrepresented and underserved in education.
Unwuegbuzie (2008) stated in a speech titled “towards bridging education disparities in the school” that “it is quite distressing to see that currently a lot of female youngsters are dropped out of school.” school for flimsy reasons, whereas their male counterparts continue.” According to him, education imbalance refers to the unequal degree of profiting between men and women as a result of a lack of prior education. According to Unwugbuze, these women take to the streets and are frequently exposed to life’s dangers, with newborn mothers among them emerging. According to Adeting (2009), if the gender educational imbalance is not addressed, the country will be thrown into the educational door, where Nigeria will affect young people in the field of job choice. The study focuses on how gender influences students’ job choices. Parents and elders attribute gender effects to sales to children. Teachers and others in school administration appear to promote gender impacts.
Previously, it was unusual to see a woman working as a police officer, driving a car, or even smoking in public, but today, women are found in almost every field of labor, including accountants, doctors, engineers, and even shoemakers, to name a few, and are no longer limited to domestic work.
Furthermore, females are thought to perform fewer tiresome jobs, whereas males are thought to perform more complicated duties such as chopping down trees, building bridges (local), and producing thatches, and they are thought to identify more with their mothers, whereas males are thought to identify more with their fathers. Furthermore, according to Iyam (1998), “it is the academic disparity that exists between the male child and the female child that has created a gap.”
There was a lot of worry “Women hold fewer positions of power in government and non-governmental organizations. This mismatch has hampered women’s ability to compete in formal industries perceived by men to be theirs.” Female education is a natural right, as it is for their male counterparts. However, according to Iyam (2014), for a very long time, female education and training in African and other developing countries has been deliberately neglected and deprived.
1.2 THE PROBLEM’S STATEMENT
Journals, magazines, and newspapers have consistently published editorials about women’s marginalization in the country, particularly in the field of professional desire, in recent years. Students develop their career goals in school (Nyugen& Blomberg, 2014). Evidence suggests that gender disparities in job desire exist. early in adolescence, emphasizing the significance of early intervention. The desire to pursue (or avoid) a career can begin in adolescence, when a variety of macro- and micro-level influences may stymie subsequent gender parity in STEM disciplines (Sinclair et al., 2019, Stoet & Geary, 2018). Professional paths and preferences are commonly determined throughout adolescence, according to Wang and Degol (2017), and gender frequently plays a significant role in this decision-making process. Unfortunately, many parents would not encourage their female child to attend school or work in a trade. According to Douglas (2002), well-educated parents will always want to help their children financially and morally in order to ensure that their children choose the best vocation in life, whereas those from low-income families will not.
enticed into early marriage. Thus, using a secondary school in Akure, Ondo State as a case study, this study seeks to investigate the effect of gender disparity on student career choice.
1.3 THE STUDY’S OBJECTIVES
The study’s goal is to look into the impact of gender disparities on student career choices at a secondary school in Akure, Ondo State. The study specifically seeks to:
i. Determine whether there are gender-specific careers for men and women.
ii. To determine whether parental education influences the career choices of male and female children.
iii. To determine whether gender differences influence students’ career decisions.
iv. To investigate the extent to which social and cultural factors influence
influences male and female gender during career selection in secondary schools.
1.4 QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH
The research would look into the following issues.
i. Are there separate careers for male and female students in secondary schools?
ii. Does parental education influence the career choices of male and female children?
iii. Does gender disparity influence secondary school students’ career choice decisions?
iv. To what extent do social and cultural factors influence male and female gender during secondary school career selection?
1.5 THE STUDY’S SIGNIFICANCE
The study is necessary because many secondary school students are adolescent who operate in accordance with parental rules and regulations in acting out their roles and in Students at this stage of development require close supervision and counseling in Egor to meet the expectations of life. The study’s significance is geared toward the need for the establishment of guidance and counseling services to assist students in making career choices. Another significance is to educate parents and educators about the negative consequences of gender-based career choices. Hopefully, curriculum planners will recognize the importance of female education in higher education, particularly those in charge of guidance and counseling. This study will be extremely useful to other researchers who want to learn more about this topic, and it can also be used by non-researchers to expand on their work.
This study adds to knowledge and could be used as a guide for future work or study.
1.6 STUDY OBJECTIVES
This study examined various aspects of gender on career issues and their impact on students in secondary school in Akure, Ondo State. Given the abundance of secondary schools, four secondary schools were chosen for the purposes of this project. As a result, the students and teachers in those schools are the focus of the researcher’s work. The study wants to know if the age of parents has any effect on their attitude toward educating their children based on gender.
1.7 THE STUDY’S LIMITATIONS
As with any human endeavor, the researchers encountered minor challenges while carrying out their work. out the study. The significant constraint was the scarcity of literature on the subject because it is a new discourse, so the researcher incurred more financial expenses and spent more time sourcing for relevant materials, literature, or information and in the data collection process, which is why the researcher resorted to a limited sample size covering only secondary school students in Akure Metropolis, Ondo State. As a result, the findings of this study cannot be generalized to other secondary schools in other Nigerian states. Furthermore, the researcher’s involvement in this study while also working on other academic projects will impede maximum dedication to the research. Nonetheless, despite the research constraints, all factors were downplayed in order to
Give your all to ensure the success of the research.
1.8 TERM DEFINITION
Gender: Whether you are male or female
Sex Role: The role or duties assigned to different seas or genders.
Sex: Role stereotype: the standard established by society as to what role male and female individuals should play, which has persisted for a long time and serves as the foundation for relating to people.
Career: The opportunity to engage in an occupation.
Influence: When the child’s behavior is influenced by the pressure of another person or factors.
Courage: The quality of being prepared for an opportunity.
Equally beautified: This means that whatever has been divided between males and females should be distributed equally.
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