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Direct linkUgwuozor, Felix Okechukwu; Ngwoke, Dominic U. – SAGE Open, 2021
This study assesses students' motivation for the pursuit of higher degree in the field of Education. Due to their current low-income status (mean value of less than $2 day) and their desired income (mean value of $500 per day) 10 years after acquiring the degree, it is instructive and tractable to examine the income effect of their motivation.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Academic Aspiration, College Students
Okolie, Ugochukwu Chinonso; Nwajiuba, Chinyere A.; Binuomote, Michael Olayinka; Osuji, Catherine U.; Onajite, Godwin Onnon; Igwe, Paul Agu – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2020
This study examined the current state of careers advice, guidance, and counselling (CAGC) services and programmes in the technical, vocational education, and training (TVET) system of Nigerian higher education institutions (HEIs). This was to determine how well current CAGC services and programmes foster students' career development, aspirations,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Vocational Education, Higher Education
Modupe, Adeyinka Foluso; Adelowo, Wahab Bashir – African Higher Education Review, 2015
The drive to foster an entrepreneurship culture in the higher education (HE) system is one of the ongoing proposals in place for dealing with the daunting challenges of unemployment in Nigeria. It is now a policy of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to encourage Nigerian universities to provide entrepreneurship training for undergraduates…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Self Employment, Undergraduate Students
Download full textPopov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; de Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2020
This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 18th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held virtually in June 2020. The 18th BCES Conference theme is "Educational Reforms Worldwide." This year's book includes 38 papers written by 73 authors from 19 countries. The volume starts…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Educational History
Peer reviewedErinosho, Olayiwola A. – Journal of Medical Education, 1977
This report focuses on the aspirations of medical students in various universities in Nigeria and on the wider implications of their currently expressed career goals for the delivery of health care in the country. (LBH)
Descriptors: African Culture, Career Choice, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries
Ejieh, Michael U. C. – Research in Education, 2005
The objectives of this study were to find out what motivated the students in a college of primary teacher education in Nigeria to seek admission into the college, and to identify their career plans. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire administered on 117 final year students of the college towards the end of their programme of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Admission, Student Attitudes, Career Choice
Peer reviewedAwanbor, David – European Journal of Teacher Education, 1996
Surveys of Nigerian teacher trainees examined self-concept and attitudes toward teaching. Results established a significant relationship between self-concept and attitudes toward teaching. Most respondents scored high on the self-concept scale but did not show a positive attitude toward teaching due to poor financial benefits and low professional…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Wagner, Alan P.; And Others – 1989
The study examined the influence of financial sources on field of study decisions of non-sponsored and sponsored students from developing countries at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Findings are based on analysis of survey responses of 868 foreign students from five countries (Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jamaica, and Nigeria) studying…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedNwagwu, Nicholas – Comparative Education, 1981
This 1977 replication of a 1972 survey sought to determine if recent improvements in teaching conditions and benefits had affected Nigerian high school graduates' attitudes toward primary teaching as a career. (SJL)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Elementary School Teachers, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates
Peer reviewedObasi, Emma – Higher Education Review, 1987
A discussion of Nigeria's policy concerning teacher supply and demand looks at how a financial aid program providing board and lodging, books, and a student teaching allowance in addition to free tuition has succeeded in augmenting the teacher supply. (MSE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
