GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study examined personality variables and career in education among senior secondary school students in Akwa Ibom State.  The study was conducted using a survey research design on a population of 1050 SSII students in 14 public secondary schools in Uyo local government area. A simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 200 from the population. A structured questionnaire titled Personality Variables and Career in education Questionnaire (PVCILGQ) was used as instrument for data collection. The instrument was subjected to a face validation and reliability test. A reliability coefficient index of 0.82 was obtained through Chronbach Alpha statistics. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used in answering research questions as well as testing the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The results revealed that there is a significant relationship between extrovert personality and career in education among senior secondary school students in Uyo Local Government Area. The results also revealed that there a significant relationship between openness to experience personality, ambitious personality and career in education among senior secondary school students in Uyo Local Government Area. It was recommended among others that families and educational institutions should create home and school environment where students can develop suitable personality traits that would facilitate career choices.

KEYWORDS: Personality, Career in Education, Extrovert, Openness, Ambitious