Abstract

This study compared senior secondary school students’ Career Maturity and Locus of Control in Government and Private schools. The descriptive survey research was employed to carry out the study. Seven hundred and ninety two students (792) in which 579 government and 213 private senior secondary school students were randomly selected for the study. Data were analyzed using t-test statistic. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the government and private senior secondary school students’ mean scores on dimension wise career maturity that are self-appraisal, occupational information, goal selection, goal planning, and problem solving, respectively and lastly overall career maturity (t = 10.103, 9.464, 9.124, 8.813, 10.539, & 11.814, p< 0.01). There was also found a significant difference between the government and private senior secondary school students’ mean score on locus of control (t = 8.042, p<0.01). It was recommended among policymakers, administrators that more supervisory roles must be played on government schools teachers and parents to work better on senior secondary students’ career maturity and locus of control.

Keywords: Career Maturity, Locus of Control, Senior Secondary Students, Government and Private Schools