Al-Hikmah University Journal

This study examined gender, personality and parental expectation as correlates of occupational choice among senior secondary school students in Potiskum L.G.A. Three research questions, objectives and research hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational research design. A sample of 346 SSII students was drawn from the population through multi-stage sampling technique with the aid of Isreal (2013) table for determining sample size. Three set of instruments were used by the researcher to measure parental expectation, personality and career choice. The results of the finding indicated that: there is no significant relationship between students’ personality and parental expectation; there is significant difference between parental expectation and gender; and there is no significant difference between occupational choice and gender. The study concluded that personality was not related to parental expectation among senior secondary school students. Based on the findings, recommendations were made that Counsellors and teachers should assist the students to understand their personality in relation to parental expectation by providing them with information on both personality characteristics and parental expectation, as it is indicated in this study that, personality is not related to students’ parental expectation.