A STUDY OF VOCATIONAL INTEREST AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Vocational interest refers to an individual’s preference for particular types of work and activities, reflecting personal strengths, values, and aspirations. This study focuses on the study of vocational interests of secondary school students of Murshidabad district of West Bengal. A total of 348 respondents were selected as a sample through multiple stage sampling techniques. The researchers used Kulshrestha (2009)'s Vocational Interest Record, consisting of 200 items across ten areas like, literacy, scientific, executive, commercial, constructive, artistic, agriculture, persuasive, social, and households. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated for analyzing the data that was collected. The study concludes that females and private school students have higher vocational interest levels. Further, the study found that there is a significant difference between male and female, private and government students at secondary level in the vocational interest.