A STUDY OF Engineering CAREER PROSPECT AMONG ' ' ,· . . ' . . SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN KADUNA STATE
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This study investigate.d students engineering career prospect among
secondary school pupils iu Kaduna state by questionnaires and oral interviews.
Percentage technique was listed to break down ihe data presentation aud
analysis. The reslult shows that 24%, of the total number of respondents are
willing to study engineering, 12% of this number are willit1g to study
agricultural and mechanical engineering, I 3i~~ civil; 16%, electrical; 10%,
chemical; 20°/o, petroleum, 3%; f(x ceramic and other engineering is 14%. The
performances of the pupils in the required subjects for engineering courses in
the past ten years, that is, 1991 to· 2000 were also revealed. The: average
percentage in English Language and Further Mathematics · is 43.0o/o,
Mathe.nw• ics, 40.3°/o; Physics, 39.7%; Chemistry, 54.7%; Agricultural :science,
83.6'%; Technjca1 Drawing, 46.5%; Economic, 76.6<io, Wood and Metal Works,
57 .1l% .. The average percentage of the prospective engineering pupils for the
past ten years in Kaduna slate was approximately 6o/o, which is very low. This
led to the conclusion that some of tl1e problems responsible for t11is low output
are lack or Htcilitics and inadequate teachers in these science subjects in many
of these schools. Recommendations on how to improve the low output have
been made in the paper
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T Technology (General), TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery