Factors Affecting Course Preference of High School Students

Factors Affecting Course Preference of High School Students Students Name Institutional Affiliation High levels of unemployment characterize most of the countries across the world. Among the South East Asian countries, the Philippines is at the top of the list of the countries that have high levels of unemployment. This rate of unemployment has been caused by a large number of mismatch graduates that are being released into the job market. Such graduates lack the necessary skills to match with the current job positions, hence making it difficult for employers to consider them as suitable candidates. As well, the mismatch may be due to the current economic changes that result to the students not having met the necessary skills required for a particular job position. Therefore, this mismatch may be as a result of the students having the wrong course preference while in the senior high school. Parents guidance Among the factors affecting the career preferences of senior high school students are the decisions made by their parents. Research shows that most of the parents choose a specific course that they prefer their child to pursue without considering the child's dreams and preferences. Therefore, the student ends up following the parent's choices and doing the wrong course. In addition, the performance reported in such a course is not favorable to meet the job market due to the failure caused by the lack of interest in that field of career. Some of the students are left with the choice of copping up with the guardians who support their education. The Filipinos have a very strict culture of respecting the family decisions. Therefore, a student would first consider the course preference being suggested by their family before thinking of other options. The course preference of high school students is a complex matter that a family ought to discuss with the student before deciding on which course they can pursue. Future of the job market In addition, the future of the job market is another key determinant to the course that senior high school students choose. There are particular careers in the market that promise well-paying jobs and a lot of vacancies. Therefore, most of the students end up choosing such a course. However, it becomes a challenge because by the time they are graduating, the particular career is already chromed with employees and there are no longer ready vacancies. Also, the salaries tend to decrease due to the availability of many graduates who have studied the same course. Besides, a student might get the wrong guidance from a person who has not well studied the future of the job market and, in turn, they end up doing the wrong courses. A student might also decide to enroll in a course that promises well-paying jobs but end up performing poorly since they did not have interest in that course but were after a job and money. For instance, the scientific field is very popular and therefore, most of the students enroll in a scientific course. This h...