Influence of Guidance and Counselling on Choice of Careers in Home Science Education Programme in Kenyan Universities

Abstract

Aims: This study sought to establish the extent of influence of guidance and counselling on choice of Home Science education programme in universities. Study design:  This study adopted the Convergent Parallel mixed method design employing both quantitative and qualitative approaches at the same time. Place and Duration of Study: University of Eldoret and Kenyatta University, Kenya, between October 2020 and October 2021. Methodology: Purposive sampling was used to select the two Universities where Two (2) Heads of Department were purposively selected and 254 students were conveniently selected and took part in this study. Results: This study established that guidance and counselling played a key role in choice of Home Science education programme. Majority of the respondents were aware of the many career opportunities in the field and the availability of career information resources. Home science teachers were the key persons offering guidance and counselling.   A small number of respondents revealed that they did not benefit because the schools they had attended did not offer guidance and counselling services. Conclusion: Guidance and counselling offered to students played a key role and this made them choose Home Science Education programme at the University.