TY - JOUR T1 - Financial Benefit, Prestige of the Profession and Job Security as Correlates of Career Aspiration of Secondary School Students in Ekiti State Nigeria AU - Onijigin, E.O. JO - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences VL - 6 IS - 4 SP - 190 EP - 193 PY - 2009 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1683-8831 DO - pjssci.2009.190.193 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2009.190.193 KW - Finance KW -prestige KW -security KW -correlates KW -career aspiration KW -students AB - >This study examined financial benefit, prestige of the profession, job security as correlates of career aspiration of students in Ekiti State. A sample of 600 secondary school students comprising 311 boys and 289 girls, whose age range from 14-21 years, covering the whole state, was used. Purposive and stratified sampling techniques were used to select the sample. The data collected were analyzed using chi-square (χ2) statistic. The results showed that financial benefit, job prestige and job security were significantly related to career aspiration of the students. It is therefore, recommended that guidance counselors, psychologists, career teachers, parents and school administrators should provide adequate and appropriate assistance to students by de-emphasizing financial package and remunerations as basis for career aspiration. So, also appropriate rating scale for the prestige students attach to various professions should be provided. ER -