Career Guidance and Students` Academic Motivation to Learn in Secondary Schools in Kilak South County

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dc.contributor.authorLoum Janan Louis
dc.date.accessioned2026-11-12T12:25:39Z
dc.date.available2026-11-12T12:25:39Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the relationship between Career Guidance and Students` Academic Motivation to Learn in Secondary Schools in Kilak South County. The motivation for this research was the general outcry by the different stakeholders in education within Kilak South County community about low level of academic motivation to learners among secondary school children in Kilak South Secondary schools despite several interventions intended by several stakeholders to ensure that students are motivated to learn. The study objectives were to determine the status of career guidance, the level of academic motivation to learn and the relationship between career guidance and students` academic motivation to learn among secondary school students in Kilak South County. The researcher adopted a mixed method approach. Data was collected from students, teachers, career masters/mistresses, head teachers, District Education Officer in charge of guidance and counselling (totaling up to 467 respondents). The researcher used simple sampling techniques and purposive sampling respectively in selecting respondents. Questionnaire and interview guide were used in collecting data. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (Standard Deviation) and Pearson Coefficient Matrix. The findings revealed that there is a positively high status of career guidance in secondary schools in Kilak South County. For instance, from the total samples an average SD = 0.85 agreed that there is high status of career guidance. The finding further revealed that the level of motivation amongst secondary school students in Kilak South County is high. For instance, an average of 89% of respondents agreed that there is high level of students` academic motivation to learn in secondar schools in Kilak South County. Finally, the study confirmed that there is a positive relationship between career guidance and student` learning motivation among secondary school students in Kilak South County to be statistically significant and have a positive link (p<0.01). This therefore means that career guidance should be strengthened further in secondary schools in Kilak South County and more efforts should be devoted to career guidance to maintain high standards of motivation. The high status of career guidance that the respondents agreed that it existed in their secondary schools is evident enough to conclude that secondary schools in Kilak South County practice various career guidance activities. Secondly, the high level of students` academic motivation to learn in secondary schools in Kilak South County as indicated in the various responses given by respondents ruled out the claim by community of Kilak South County that there is low level of students` academic motivation to learn in secondary schools in Kilak South County. The following the lessons were learnt from the study; great importance should be attached to career guidance because it plays key role in motivating students to learn. Secondly, academic motivation to learn is not solely influenced by career guidance. Lastly, there is close positive link between career guidance and students` motivation to learn in secondary schools in Kilak South County. Recommendations; school administrators should further strengthen career activities in their schools by allocating more time and mobilizing for career guidance activities in their respective schools. Students should be encouraged and motivated to learn by every stakeholder especially those ones without the school environment instead of leaving career teachers alone to do the motivate them to learn. This can be done through recognizing and rewarding students with outstanding academic performance among other interventions. Now that career guidance was found not to be a factor that leads low students` academic motivation to learn, subsequent study can be conducted to establish factor leading to the low students` academic motivation to learn in secondary schools in Kilak South County.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/1181
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGulu University
dc.subjectCareer Guidance and Students` Academic Motivation to Learn.
dc.titleCareer Guidance and Students` Academic Motivation to Learn in Secondary Schools in Kilak South County
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