ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

Vocational aspiration of +2 students in relation to their achievement motivaion and demographic variables

  • Author:
  • D. B. Tali, Rosy
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 46 to 55

*Officiating Principal, CDL College of Education, Bhagwangarh, Jagadhri, Haryana, India

**Assistant Professor, Shri Guru Harkrishan College of Education, Jagadhri,Haryana, India

Online published on 21 September, 2017.

Abstract

In the competitive world every aspirant students feeling the pressure of their secure future rather they should feel insecure in terms of career, choice of profession to live a healthy life. Thus, the investigator felt to made an attempt to assess the vocational aspiration of +2 students in relation to their achievement motivation and some demographic variables i.e. gender, academic stream and type if schools. For that Occupational Aspiration scale developed by J. S Grewal (1973) and Deo-Mohan achievement motivation (n-Ach) scale developed by Dr. Pratibha Deo, and Asha Mohan were administered to a sample of 200 +2students from three Govt. schools and three private schools of Yamuna nagar district of Haryana. For which statistical hypotheses were framed and tested through t-test. The findings were; It +2 students belonging to high and low achievement motivation do no differ significantly with respect to their vocational aspiration. Male and female+2 students have equal aspiration and knowledge towards vocational choices.+2 science students have inclined more serious towards their career or vocation as compare to arts students. Arts and commerce +2 students have similar kind aspiration on vocational preference or have equal knowledge and aspiration towards vocational choices. Science and commerce do not differ significantly with respect to vocational aspiration. +2 students studying in private schools have more inclined towards choice of vocation than students studying in Govt. schools.