Occupational Aspiration of Higher Secondary Students in relation to Gender and Locality of School: A Study

Abstract

     The selection of an appropriate occupation is an important task which ensures a person’s standard of living, personal satisfaction and social recognition. Students start aspiring for a particular occupation right from their high school stage and gradually it paves the way to choose an occupation in this big world of work according to their interest, need and expectations. The present study is an attempt to find out the occupational aspiration of higher secondary students in relation to their gender and locality of schools. The study falls under descriptive survey method. The study selected 156 students from 5 higher secondary schools (2 urban and 3 rural) from two blocks of Darrang District, Assam under AHSEC having arts stream. The Occupational aspiration Scale by Dr. J.S Grewal has been used to collect data for the study.  For data analysis percentage, mean, standard deviation and t test are used. The result of the study found high occupational aspiration of   H.S students and no differences are found between boy and girl students as well as urban and rural students in respect to occupational aspiration.