VOCATIONAL INTEREST OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION THEIR GENDER AND SOCIO -ECONOMIC STATUS

The purpose of study was to determine the vocational interest of secondary school students in relation their gender and socio-economic status. . The Sample was selected from 4 secondary school from Banspal Block Keonjhar district in Odisha .The sample size of the study consists of 120 secondary school students from 4 secondary schools. Out of 120 sample 60 boys and 60 girls will be selected. The sample was selected through stratified randomly and purposefully sampling technique for this study. Vocational Interest Record (VIR) Standardized tools had used for the collection of data for this study. It is a self-administering record and administered individually as well as in group. The result show that there is significant difference between boys and girls on vocational interest. Further the study reveals that the girl’s student’s shows a bit high on vocational interest compare to boys students. There is no significant difference between boys and girls students on socio-economic status. Further the study reveals that the girl’s student’s shows a bit high on socio-economic status as compare to boys students. There is significant positive relationship between vocational interest and socio-economic status secondary school students. It implies that vocational interest depends on socio-economic status of the students.