The Influence of Higher Learning Students’ Loans Board on Career Choice among University Students in Tanzania: A Case of Dodoma Municipal.

Rutaihwa, Kelvin (2020) The Influence of Higher Learning Students’ Loans Board on Career Choice among University Students in Tanzania: A Case of Dodoma Municipal. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study examines the influence of HESLB on student’s choice of career among university students, focusing on three universities in Dodoma region which are University of Dodoma, Open University of Tanzania and St John’s University. The objectives of the study were; to identify factors influencing career choices among University students, to examine the effects of HELSB on career choice among university students. The findings of the study revealed that HESLB has effect on the career choices of students of higher learning. These effects are both positive and negative. On the positive side, it was revealed that HESLB has increased the number of students being enrolled in higher institutions of learning through making loans available to many applicants. On negative effects, it force students to study the courses which they do not like, since they were not their choices and the likelihood of producing individuals who may not be employed or unproductive. To reduce this problem, this study suggest that HESLB should revisit its loan application procedures so as to benefit more students from loans instead of having what is called priority courses. This study recommends that another study related to HESLB with regard to how it determines career choices and its effects to career development should be done by involving a larger sample than what was used in this study.

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