ASSIGNMENT-1

TOPIC- A study of occupational vocational interest of senior secondary level

students in rural and urban area.
Education is the primary need of an individual one of the important need of an
individual is to get a vocation, or a profession. If proper occupation is not selected the
individual get frustrated and it leads to national vantage. If a vocation selected by a
person is according to his needs and abilities. It will give more happiness to the person
and there are greater chances to his adjustment. A well-adjusted individual will make a
scepstantial contribution to the well-being of the community also. So, beside general
education, vocational education should also be given in school for better adjustment of
an individual in the society. This is the most important major function of guidance that
helps the individual to prepare for a vocational choice through his educational pursuit
after completing his education, the individual must be afforded to take up a vocation
which accords well with his innate abilities, interests, skills, personality traits etc. such
a vocation choice will enable the individual to lay the foundation for a happy life in the
society. The vocational guidance is the process of assisting the individuals to choose an
occupation prepare for it, enter upon and progress in it. It is concerned primarily with
helping individuals make decisions and choices involved in planning a future and
building a career decisions and choices necessary in effecting satisfactory vocational
adjustment. The general conference of international labor organization in 1949
described vocational guidance as assistance given to an individual in solving
problems related to occupational choice and progress with due regard for the individual
characteristics and their relation to occupational opportunity. A vocational guidance is
a long continuous process which begins in the school is needed throughout the working
life of the individual. If a young man is in a vocation which is according is his own

abilities will secure happiness for himself as well as to the employer. There are greater
chances for a person to be adjusted when he finds himself in a job which is best suited
for him. A well-adjusted individual will make a substantial contribution to the
adolescents must understand their real abilities before they can make vocational
choices congruent with their abilities to help the students to intelligent choice in the
world of vocation is the aim those who guides the students for their adult life. Many
studies have been carried out to explore the occupational choices of adolescents. And
they have established that adolescents occupational choices are not vague or random.
There is a good consistency in their choices and it may be hoped that they would prefer
those occupational if they have a choice to do so occupational choice is determinate
indicator of success S.E.S. help the individual in having one of the other occupation.
The occupation that an individual selects for himself is guided by his socio-economics
status our schools have to play a vital role in locating the occupational choices of our
youths and then prepare and guide them in such a way that fitting persons are available
for all jobs in our country. School themselves should be outward looking to the world
of work and organize effecting guidance programed. Occupational education has
become the integral part of the education. Every individual and his parents are also
interested to make success in vocational adjustment. There is difference in the
occupational choice of their socio-economic status. Definition of the Term Used
Occupation: An occupation is a trade or a profession of type work performed by an
individual which is an aspect of personality development rather than aptitude matching
which suit to the abilities if an individual and it will provide satisfaction to the
individual.

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ASSIGNMENT-2
TOPIC- A study of occupational vocational interest of senior secondary level
students in rural and urban area.
Vocational Interest is a tendency of a person towards the possible vocational choices and
goals. Vocational interest of the student depends upon the knowledge, attitudes, values,
physical characteristics and environmental influences. Through this research paper, the
researcher has compared the vocational interest of the students of arts, science and
commerce stream studying at Sr. Secondary level student. The hypothesis of the study is
that there is no significant difference among the vocational interest of the students of arts,
science and commerce stream studying at Sr. Secondary level. The researcher has
collected a sample of 180 students, 60 students in each academic stream using Random
Sampling Technique and selected Vocational Interest Record Test to compare the
vocational interest of the students of arts, science and commerce stream studying at Sr.
Secondary level. The researcher has findings reveal that academic stream does not affect
the vocational interest of the students studying at Sr. Secondary level at the present time.
Now-a-days, the students do not choose their vocations on the basis of their educational
stream and their personal interest. So, there is no significant difference among the
vocational interest of the students of arts, science and commerce stream. This study will
provide an opportunity to teachers, parents and career counselors to guide students
towards right selection of vocations and subjects in accordance with their vocational
interest. KEYWORDS Vocational interest, Students of arts, science and commerce stream,
Education is a dynamic process which brings the changes in the behavior of the pupil and
develops him intellectually, socially, culturally and spiritually in such a way by allowing
reasonable independence keeping in view consciously or unconsciously the personal
interest, attitudes, capabilities, abilities, social ideals and needs of the pupil so that both
the individual and the society may touch the peaks of the progress.
At the present time, the aim of education is to give the students the knowledge of the
world in which they live and to train them to acquire some technical skill by which they
can earn a livelihood. Thats why there is too much craze for vocational education among
students. The students of arts, science, and commerce at the graduation level are highly
interested for vocational education because in the present age of competition, only

bookish knowledge is not sufficient for making own existence, so generally most of the
students like to join vocational education to be self depended economically and to spend a
luxurious life. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY Interest is a state of motivation or set
that guides behavior in a certain direction or goal. An individual has different types of
interest towards various subjects, persons, objects, activities, trades etc. Someone wants to
be an administrative officer, someone wants to be a doctor, someone wants to be a lawyer
or a teacher or an engineer or a business man or an entrepreneur. Researches reveal that if
one is interested in some particular job and has a positive attitude towards it, he can do
that job more quickly, effectively, successfully than another person having less interest
and negative attitude towards the same. It is essential to know the ones attitude and
interest so that right person for right job may be matched. In the same way, in education, if
the students are interested in subject and have a positive attitude towards the same, they
will feel satisfaction, pleasure in the subject and will perform better. Thats why the
researcher selected this problem. DEFINITION OF THE MAIN TERM
VOCATIONAL INTEREST Vocational interest is a tendency of a person towards the
possible vocational choices and goals. Vocational interest of the student depends upon the
knowledge, attitudes, values, physical characteristics and environmental influences.
Vocational interest influences vocational maturity and vocational choices in later life,
which, in turn, affects job satisfaction and optimization of job performance.
LITERATURE REVIEW It is well said that past is the way of knowing the future. In the
light of past experience, one can forecast the future and assess the present well. The
review of related literature done by various investigators is given below in brief A
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF VOCATIONAL INTEREST OF SECONDARY LEVEL
STUDENTS Through this research work, the researcher has tried to know and
acknowledge the vocational interests of girls and boys of secondary students and to study
the relationship between vocational interest and values of secondary level students. The
hypothesis of the study is that there is no significant difference in vocational interest of
girls and boys of secondary level. The findings of the study are that the girls were slightly
more interested in literary, commercial, constructive, artistic, social and household fields
but the boys were slightly more interested in scientific, executive, agriculture and
persuasive fields than the girls.

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ASSIGNMENT-2
TOPIC- A study of occupational vocational interest of senior secondary level
students in rural and urban area.
Vocational interest is defined as ones own pattern of preferences, aptitudes, like
dislikes, preferred in any manner, wisely or unwisely by self or by another source for a
given vocational area or vocation. Therefore, the purpose of the present record is to
help students to adjust themselves to the careers, jobs and vocations, by making wise
choices. Only by making right choice the student will be able to utilize his all the
potential to the maximum extent. The choice of vocation is one of the very important
decisions a person must make for himself and this choice is a long process rather than a
simple incident. Vocational interest and choices do not appear all of a sudden during
adolescence. They appear as a result of developmental process. Vocational interest is
not as a single choice but as the sum total of many interests that bear in any way upon
an occupational career (Strong 1954). 1.2 JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM In
todays world of internet and satellite the options available to any person are far more
than what were decades ago. Many of the parents and students themselves are not
aware of their values. Hence they feel confused and end up choosing wrong vocation.
The life of youth has become very complex with the advancement in science and
technology. At times, they are distracted because they are unable to cope with and
suffer from deteriorated interests in studies, complexes, feeling of insecurity,
maladjustment, alienation. Deterioration of values among students has also been
observed. This has further affected the academic achievement of students. As there is
so much of competition in society, so student have started paying attention to
academics and owing to guidance services they are also becoming aware of their
interests and aptitudes but at the same time, they are losing their values. Youth of today
is disoriented and distracted by materialism. There have been many research studies
conducted on youth by eminent scholars in the field of psychology, sociology,
education, etc. The present study will be useful for parents and teachers to understand

the youth, their interests and values which can prove to be very useful for society and
building it towards a better tomorrow. Earlier the students had no interest in selecting
their vocations as the students preferred going in the vocation, their parents wished
them to go in. But this trend has been changed and now students wish to select their
own.
The findings of study are likely to prove of immense importance to educational
thinkers, teachers, psychologists, parents and others who are concerned with the sphere
of education. The teacher educators, teachers and parents should provide guidance for
students and children on the basis of their interests, potential and try to develop them to
maximum. One of the important implications of the present conclusion for parents,
teachers and teacher educator is that the curricula, syllabi, text books etc. should be
modeled in such a fashion that they can utilize their energies in the right direction.
Proper vocational guidance can be provided to the students on the basis of their interest
for a particular vocation. This will increase their efficiency. The most important factor
that helps in high academic achievement is need for achievement or the extent of
motivation. It is therefore, most important for teachers as well as parents that they
should infuse the spirit of motivation according to their interest. So that they can
achieve high in the academic field.
SuggestionsStudy can be conducted on a larger sample in order to get better understanding of the
relationship of the variables of vocational interest and values secondary students. The
present study may be repeated by involving more senior secondary students from other
states. The study can be conducted on other variables to see their relationship with
vocational interest.

The study can be conducted on other variables also like

personality, study habits, educational interests, etc.

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