STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING THE GIRL CHILD CHOICE OF TECHNICAL CAREER

Isiorhovoja Ogheneruona

Department of Technical and Business Education

Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

This study examined the strategies for promoting the girl child choice of technical career. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The survey research design was used. A random sampling technique was used to selected 70 teachers from a total population of 125 and 5 randomly selected parents were used in each school locality. A 10 item questionnaire was used to elicit relevant data from the respondents. The mean and z-test statistics were used to analyze the data at 0.05 level of significance. Findings included that all that all the items on strategies for promoting girl child choice of technical careers were agreed upon. Parents also agreed on the same items. Among the recommendations therefore was that adequate career guidance being given to the girl child by experts at all levels of her career to reduce the gender discrimination against the girl child especially in the area of technical careers.