A Survey of Career Choices of Science Education Students in Information and Communication Technology Fields in Nigeria Universities
Ugwu Ibebuife Enemchukwu & Chukwuneke Benadette Ugochi
Department of Computer Science Education
Madonna University Nigeria, Okija Campus
Email: ibebuife.ugwu.pg41229@unn.edu.ng
Abstract:
The study seeks to survey the Career Choices of Science Education students in Information and Commutation Technology fields with their influential factors in Nigerian Universities. This study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised all the federal universities in Nigeria with a population size of 1680 Lecturers and Students. The sample size is 400 comprising 70 Lecturers and 330 Students of Information and Communication Technology field from all the federal Universities in the south-eastern part of Nigeria. The findings revealed that choice areas like Data processing, Database management, Computer programming and Computer networks are highly offered by a large number of the students while areas like Artificial Intelligence, Computer Information System, Knowledge Engineering and Neural Networks are offered by very few students. Also rated high as influential factors in students IT career choice of are Fund, Ignorance of nature & cost of programs and Institutions offering them and Coping phobia.
