VOCATIONAL INTEREST OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS

Abstract

The present research study has examined the relationship between vocational interest and socio-economic status of senior secondary school students. The sample consisted of 120 senior secondary students studying in 11^th and 12^th class of different Government and private schools of Mayurbhanu district of Odisha. The sample were drawn through random sampling techniques. A self-developed Vocational Interest Scale (VIS) was used to measure the vocational interest of the students.  Result provided evidence that there is significant relationship between vocational interest and socio-economic positive socio-economic status had significant impact on the vocational interest of students.  It was also found that the students those were high socio-economic status had better vocational interest.