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The istudy ifocuses ion iinvestigating ipeer igroup iinfluence ion icareer ichoice iamong isecondaryischoolistudentsiiniOviaiNorthiEastiLocaliGovernmentiAreaiofiEdoiState. Out iof ithe itwenty-four ipublic isecondary ischools iin iOvia iNorth iEast iLocal iGovernment, ieightisecondary ischoolsiwere iselected iforithe istudy. iThisirepresentsi33.3%iof ithe itotal isecondary ischoolsiin ithe ilocal igovernment. iIn ieach iof ithe iselected ischool, itwenty istudentsiand ifive iteachersiwere irandomly iselected ito imake ia itotal inumber iof itwo ihundred i(200)irespondents. iAisimpleirandomisamplingitechniqueiwasiuseditoiselectitheirespondents. iTheiresearchiinstrumentiforidataicollectioniwasiaiquestionnaireititledi“PeeriGroupiInfluence ion iCareer iChoice iQuestionnaire i(PGICCQ). i iThe isimple ipercentage imethod iwas iused ito ianalyseitheidataicollected. Findingsirevealedithatitheileveliofipeerigroupiinfluenceionicareerichoiceiofisecondary ischool istudentsiin iOvia iNorth iEast iLocal iGovernment iArea iofiEdo iState iisilow. iIt iwasialso irevealedithatiwasiaisignificantiinfluenceiofipeerigroupionistudents‟icareerichoices. iHowever, ithere iwasino isignificant idifference iin ithe iinfluence iofipeerigroup ibetween imale iand ifemale istudents iin itheir ichoice iof icareer. i iIt iwas itherefore irecommended ithat iprofessional icareer icounsellor ishould ibe iconsulted ito iassist istudents iin iplanning iand ichoosing itheir icareers. iSchools, iin icollaboration iwith ithe iMinistry iof iEducation, ishould iendeavour ito iorganize iat ileast ione imandatory icareer iprogramme ithat iwill iinvolve iprofessionals iand iexperts ifrom ivariousifieldsiofilife. iSuchiprogrammeishouldibeicoordinatedibyitheiguidanceicounsellor.
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