ATTITUDE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS THE CHOICE OF TEACHING AS A PROFESSION IN AZARE TOWN. KATAGUM LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF BAUCHI STATE.

ABSTRACT The study was conducted to determine the attitude of Senior Secondary school Students to the Choice of Teaching as a profession. The study had sample of 105 students who were selected from seven Senior Secondary Schools (both Public and Private Schools). Data were collected through students questionnaire. A stratified sampling techniques used to test the sampling size student. A sample of 105 students completed a questionnaire designed for the study, the instrument was validated and the reliability calculated which were 2.50 using measures of central tendency (mean) indicating that the instrument was reliable to collect data for the study. Mean scores were used to answer the research questions. The data collected for this research is descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that secondary school students had both positive and negative attitudes toward the profession. Other profession such as medicine and law were ranked higher than teaching profession. Teaching was perceived by the students as a difficult task and that teachers are not well paid compared to other professions. On the basis of the findings, it was recommended, among other things, that the Government should adequately fund education, there should be improvement in teacher's salary and there should be regular payment of salary, while parents should encourage their children to study education courses. This would motivate teachers to teach effectively and inspire the students to like the profession. Keywords: Attitude, Students, Profession, Teaching Profession