Abstract:
In Kenya, the subjects that students choose in secondary schools greatly
determine their career paths. This is because the subjects done at secondary schools dictate
the courses they do at the post-secondary level of training. Studies show that majority of
students are not aware of their career choices while in secondary schools hence they find
themselves in the subjects they do either accidentally, or by being greatly influenced by
other external factors other than career awareness. It is therefore paramount that subject
choice guidance to students, if incorporated in career guidance programme to a great extent
can help to solve the problems of students landing in wrong careers because they did not
choose the right subjects while in secondary schools. This study sought to determine the
extent to which the subject choice is incorporated in to career guidance programmes in
secondary schools in Uriri Sub-County. The study employed ex-post facto research design.
The target population in the study was 262 form three Agriculture students. 152 Agriculture
students were drawn by proportionate stratified random sampling. A closed ended
questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was analysed using SPSS package version 22
and presented and analysed using frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations.
The study found out that information on subject choice was available to a large extent,
sufficient to help secondary school students in Uriri Sub-County to make informed career
choices
