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Research Article
The Role of Parental Involvement in Shaping Career Aspiration Among Secondary Schools Students in West Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia
Assefa Kibret Melaku*
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2025
Pages:
69-81
Received:
5 July 2025
Accepted:
19 July 2025
Published:
5 August 2025
Abstract: Career development can start when someone is quite young and just learning about different ways to make a living. It is a part of human development, and the process can span a lifetime. Career development is a life-long journey that starts at mid adolescence and ends at retirement, career development is processes parents are one of the most important and influential elements but they may not be aware, the study was to investigate the role of parental involvement to shaping students Career Aspiration among Secondary schools’ students in West Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia. To achieve the objective, 191 students were taken from grade 11 and 12 students of West Hararghe Zone simple random sampling, classic stratified random sampling (CSRS), finally the researcher was used the respondent selected by systematic sampling (SYS) and the interview respondents selected non-probability sampling technique particularly purposive sampling technique. the results revealed that the parental involvement variables had statistically significant relationship to students’ career development aspiration in general, the correlation analysis proved that student’s achievement aspirations (r = 239, p-value < 0.05), students leadership aspirations (r = 0.197, p-value < 0.05), students’ career development aspirations (r = 0.152, p-value < 0.05) have a statistical significance relationship with practices of parental involvement. On the basis of these results, it was recommended that principals, supervisors, teachers, parents, counselors and educational practitioners should give due attention to parental involvement variables and students’ career development aspiration in secondary schools, Students’ career aspiration indicators such as students’ achievement aspirations, student leadership aspirations and students’ academic aspirations have a positive relationship with the role of parental involvement, The independent variables such as parents’ education level, occupation, socio-economic statuses, and psychological awareness are needed to influences to shape student’s career aspirations, As regression analysis confirmed that there was statistical significant relationship between independent variables and the dependent variable, In this case parents’ education level, occupation, socio-economic statuses, and psychological awareness play a great role to shaping students’ career aspirations, The positive value of the coefficients for each predictor indicated that there was a positive relation between the independent and dependent variables, This showed the strengthening and diction of the two variables. An increase in the value of each of these predictors showed an increase to shaping student’s career aspirations.
Abstract: Career development can start when someone is quite young and just learning about different ways to make a living. It is a part of human development, and the process can span a lifetime. Career development is a life-long journey that starts at mid adolescence and ends at retirement, career development is processes parents are one of the most importa...
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Research Article
The Impact of AI on Students’ Reading, Critical Thinking, and Problem-Solving Skills
Mohammed Zeinu Hassen*
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2025
Pages:
82-90
Received:
9 August 2025
Accepted:
19 August 2025
Published:
8 September 2025
Abstract: The integration of Artificial Intelligence into instructional ecosystems represents a paradigm shift. It has profound implications for student cognitive development. This article presents an analysis of the effect of AI on three cornerstone capabilities of education. These are reading, critical thinking, and problem-solving. AI offers extraordinary opportunities for personalized gaining knowledge of and adaptive comments. It also introduces great dangers. These include cognitive offloading, intellectual passivity, and the erosion of deep engagement. This paper employs a qualitative approach. It proposes a conceptual framework of “Cognitive Augmentation vs. Cognitive Atrophy” to dissect this duality. The evaluation suggests AI’s impact isn’t always monolithic. It is closely contingent on pedagogical strategy, tool design, and scholar mindset. AI gear can act as effective Socratic partners and simulators. They can help develop superior skills. They are also able to function as “solution engines” that shortcut vital cognitive methods. This could probably lead to a decline in foundational skills. The dialogue examines the interconnected nature of those capabilities. It argues that a decline in deep studying can immediately impair the raw fabric wished for crucial wondering. This in turn cripples trouble-solving. The article concludes with a fixed of actionable pointers for educators, policymakers, AI builders, and college students. It advocates for a human-targeted technique that leverages AI as a tool to enhance human intellect, in preference to replace it. The central thesis is that addressing the age of AI in education requires a deliberate focus. Promoting AI literacy and metacognitive awareness is necessary to ensure that technology serves as a catalyst for cognitive growth, not a crutch for cognitive decline.
Abstract: The integration of Artificial Intelligence into instructional ecosystems represents a paradigm shift. It has profound implications for student cognitive development. This article presents an analysis of the effect of AI on three cornerstone capabilities of education. These are reading, critical thinking, and problem-solving. AI offers extraordinary...
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Research Article
Extensiveness of Probono Entrepreneurship Program in Promoting Entrepreneurial Business Ventures Among Secondary School Students in Tanzania
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2025
Pages:
91-101
Received:
12 August 2025
Accepted:
21 August 2025
Published:
13 September 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajeit.20250902.13
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Abstract: Youth in Tanzania are still struggling with transforming entrepreneurial knowledge into viable business ventures, despite the increasing emphasis on entrepreneurship as the pathway to economic advancement. This challenge raises concerns about the extensiveness of school-based entrepreneurship initiatives, thereby necessitating the evaluation study, on the extensiveness of Probono Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) in promoting entrepreneurial business ventures among secondary school students in Tanzania. The study aimed to assess how PEP contributed to developing entrepreneurial capacities among students. The evaluation was guided by CIRO evaluation model, employing a convergent design within a mixed-methods approach. The target population comprised 1,162 participants, including 790 students, 11 Club Lead Teachers, one program consult, and 360 program alumni. Probability and non-probability sampling techniques were used; the Census sampling technique, proportional stratified random sampling technique, total population and snowball sampling technique were applied to obtain 10 schools, 260 students, 10 club lead teachers, 10 program alumni and 1 program consultant. The students sample size was determined through the use of Crejcie and Morgan table (1970). Data were collected through a questionnaire, an interview guide, and an observation guide. Face and content validity was ensured by research experts from Mwenge Catholic University (MWECAU). A pilot study involved 1 secondary school with 26 students and 1 club lead teacher. The reliability of the Likert-type items from the questionnaires was ensured using Cronbach’s Alpha, where r = 0.845. The trustworthiness of the qualitative data collection instruments was ensured through triangulation and member checking. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, while qualitative data were analyzed thematically. The study found there is significant and positive relationship between training offered in PEP and students’ entrepreneurial business ventures. The study concluded that training offered by PEP has successfully achieved its goal of promoting entrepreneurial business ventures among secondary schools’ students to a high extent. It was recommended that PEP should diversity and expand the program to more schools in order to amplify its impact on youth entrepreneurship.
Abstract: Youth in Tanzania are still struggling with transforming entrepreneurial knowledge into viable business ventures, despite the increasing emphasis on entrepreneurship as the pathway to economic advancement. This challenge raises concerns about the extensiveness of school-based entrepreneurship initiatives, thereby necessitating the evaluation study,...
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