COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE VOCATIONAL INTEREST OF THE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

Human being work hard to earn for a living in order to meet the basic needs for food, shelter and many other physical as well as psychological needs .although everyone has to work hard to earn a living but it is not necessary that everyone is satisfied with his or job according to the interest. Vocational interest is a tendency of a person towards the possible vocational choices and goal. Vocational interest of the students depends upon the knowledge, attitudes, values, physical characteristics and environmental influences. Vocational interest is the most enduring and compelling area of individual differences and the most popular means for characterizing, comparing and matching person and environment. The present study deals with the comparative analysis of the vocational interest of government and non-government higher secondary school students and also between girls and boys. Descriptive method of survey was employed for conduct of present study. A sample of 120 students were selected from both government and non -government school which includes both boys and girl. The data were analyzed with the help of mean, standard deviation and t-test to study the vocational interest of higher secondary student. The study provides better understanding for teachers and parents to aware about the career choices of our children vocational life.