Career Guidance and Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Gulu City

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dc.contributor.authorAdong G,Monica
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-10T12:22:06Z
dc.date.available2026-07-10T12:22:06Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-20
dc.description.abstractMost secondary schools in the City have been registering a decline in the academic performance and inadequate career guidance services could have attributed. The purpose of the study was to investigate career guidance and academic performance in secondary schools in Gulu City with a view to improve on the standards of academic performance in the City. The objectives of the study were: to determine the status of career guidance in secondary schools in Gulu City; to establish the level of academic performance in Secondary Schools in Gulu City and to measure the relationship between career guidance and academic performance in secondary schools in Gulu City. The Cross sectional correlational survey research design which incorporated mixed methods of data collection involving quantitative and qualitative approaches was adopted for this study. A sample size of 113 respondents was selected from a target population of 160 respondents from five (5) accessible schools in Gulu City. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires and interview guide and analyzed using percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlations Coefficient. The study found that the status of career guidance was moderate in the selected schools as most of the secondary schools in Gulu City had career guidance functions and the most common ones were career talks, mentorship programs and teachers helping students when making choices of subjects. The study found that the level of academic performance in most schools in Gulu City was only average (50%) as many secondary schools in Gulu City had registered improvement in the grades of students in both UACE and UCE exams in the previous years. The study findings revealed that career guidance had a positive significant influence on academic performance in secondary schools in Gulu City. The study finally concluded that, career guidance practices was paramount in enhancing academic performance in secondary schools provided it was well implemented. It was recommended that there is need for management of secondary schools to put much emphasis on career guidance in order to realize improvement in academic performance in their schools as the study indicated a positive significant relationship between career guidance and students’ academic performance. The study further recommended that more research should be done on challenges faced in conducting career guidance in secondary schools in Uganda.
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.university.edu/thesis/1234
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/878
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGulu University
dc.subjectCareer Guidanc
dc.subjectAcademic Performance
dc.subjectSecondary Schools
dc.titleCareer Guidance and Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Gulu City
dc.typeThesis

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