Statement of the Problem

It would be disingenuous to state that no studies have been done on the career choice of students. For instance, Arkorful et al (2021) looked at the perception students hold about the career awareness among students in the Colleges of Education. In addition to the above, Owusu (2020) looked at factors affecting career aspiration of students in the second cycle institutions. Nyamwange et al (2021) also examined perception of students on career guidance and counselling in making career choices at public senior high schools. It appears that most of these studies were contextualised in senior high schools. Interestingly, however, Owusu et al (2023) looked at the mediating role of gender vis-à-vis career choice and personality traits of university students in the Bono region, Ghana. As far as I know, it appears that studies conducted on career counselling among university students tend to focus on how personality traits and gender influence career choice of students. Notwithstanding the fact that a few studies have been done at the University level, such studies tend to focus on the nexus between career choice and personality traits. Thus far, that earlier studies have addressed career decision of students from different spatial dimensions.  What seems unclear in the literature is how students perceive career decision pathways in enhancing career development. This research would examine the PERCEPTION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON CAREER DECISION PATHWAYS by contextualising the study at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), which is perceived as an emerging university in the Bono region.