Influence of students’ career interests on perceived difficult concept in computer studies in Ghanaian and Nigerian secondary schools

Abstract There have been few studies on students’ difficulty in the computer curriculum of African senior secondary schools. This study attempts to fill this gap by investigating concepts students find difficult Ghanaian and Nigerian science influence career interests these perceived concepts. The is important extent that our understanding “where shirt tights” regarding topics will guide teachers, students, schools’ managers, governments applying applicable remediating measures. sought establish (a) perceive be schools (b) if there a statistically significant relationship between concept studies. Anchored cognitive constructivism theory Piaget, quantitative method was employed with sample ( N = 1776). reports basics evolution, programme development cycle, managing files, Developing problem-solving skills, ethics human concerns, Networking, Logic circuits, Machine language, flowcharting, Algorithm arithmetic logic unit as also found negative curriculum. Various measures preferred.