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The study dealt with the target population and the selected sample which consisted of the professionals who have changed their educational career towards IT, so a cluster of IT professionals from population was taken and purposive sampling technique was applied. A total of Two hundred questionnaires were circulated in different governmental and private organizations and a total of 180 Questionnaires were returned back having a response rate of 90%. Pearson Correlation was applied to investigate the intensity of the relationship and to analyze the direction of relationship between independent and dependent variables. Correlation values were found significant which shows that students mostly change their educational career due to the perceived scope of IT in future and they feel more satisfied when they enter into professional life. Multiple regression analysis show that current trends of IT (hypothesis 1) is a significant contributor in success of education career change decision (ECCD) of professionals (? = 0.132, p-value = 0.024). Perceived scope of IT (hypothesis 2) (? = 0.327, p value = 0.000) make significant influence on Success of ECCD of professionals. Similarly, work environment (hypothesis 3) (? = 0.215, p value = 0.000) significantly influences success of ECCD of professionals. This illustrated that adoption of education career according to the potential, enables students to extend their capabilities in a best manner and make full contribution to society
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