EFFECT OF E-COUNSELLING ON CAREER DEVELOPMENT AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (ESUT) NIGERIA

Eberechukwu Francisca Chigbu

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The researchers investigated the effect of e-counselling on career development among undergraduate students of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Nigeria. The pre-test, post-test, and control group quasi-experimental design was adopted for this study. Two research questions and two null hypothesis tested at a 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The population of this study comprised, 7,032 of 400 level students in Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Nigeria. The researcher sampled 58 students for the study. The sampling techniques employed are purposive and cluster. Two instruments developed by the researcher were used for data collection, namely Students Career Identification Scale (SCIS) and Career Detecting Scale (CDS). The instruments were validated by experts in departments of measurement and valuation as well as Guidance and Counselling. The reliability of the instruments was ascertained through the test-retest method using Cronbach Alpha statistics which yielded reliability coefficients of 0.81 and 0.83 for SCIS and CDS respectively. Data collected were analyzed using mean score and standard deviation to answer the research questions. The hypothesis was tested using the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) at a 5% level of significance. The findings revealed among others that ECM is significantly effective in career development among undergraduates at post-test and follow-up test from the above findings, it was recommended among others, that counsellors should make use of e-counselling in promoting career development among undergraduate students for higher productivity.

 

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counselling, e-counselling, career development, information and communication technology (ICT)

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