Agricultural Science Digest

UGC CARE (Group 1)
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue: 3

Correlates of aspirations of vocational (agriculture) students

  • Author:
  • G.R. Bothikar, S.D. Wangikar, A.S. Lad
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 226 to 227

College of Agriculture, M.A.U., Parbhani-431 402, India.

Abstract

The study was conducted in Parbhani and Hingoli districts of Maharashtra. The sample constituted of 120 students from 6 junior colleges having agricultural science as vocational subject. The students were interviewed with the help of a well structured pre tested interview schedule and analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. The findings revealed that majority (60.00 per cent) of the students had high level of aspiration. The variables like sex, caste, land holding and academic performance were positively and significantly related with the aspiration of the students.

Keywords

Aspirations, Vocational students