Second cycle students’ program choice and their aspired programmes at the tertiary level

The study examined second cycle students’ program choice and their aspired programs at the tertiary level. The descriptive design was adopted and used for the study. The data was collected from a sample of 229 respondents using the questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed using frequency and percentages, independent samples t-test and chi-square. The study revealed that one of the challenges first year students’ faced in the choice of academic program at the SHS level was that educational guidance on programs available at the SHS and their respective careers is not often done, gender did not have any influence on students choice of academic program among first year SHS students, and there was a significant positive relationship between students’ choice of program at the SHS and the academic programs they aspire to offer at the tertiary level. We therefore, recommended that guidance on academic programs should be put in place to help students make informed choices of programs that would commensurate with students’ aspired careers, and role of gender should not be given prominence in such guidance programs.