• Dr. Kuldeep Bhullar

The present study attempts to investigate vocational interests of deprived and non- deprived secondary school students in relation to educational aspirations. The sample of 200 secondary school students both deprived and non-deprived from different government and private secondary schools of Amritsar district was studied using Vocational Interest Record by Kulshrestha (1965) and Educational Aspirations Scale by Sharma and Gupta (1987). The results reveal that there exists no significant difference between deprived and non-deprived secondary school students on vocational interests i.e. literary (L), scientific (SC), executive (E), commercial (C), artistic (A), agriculture (AG), and persuasive (P) and household (H) but they show difference on vocational interests i.e. constructive (CO) and social (S). It is further concluded that non -deprived secondary school students are more effective on vocational interests i.e. constructive (CO) and social (S) as compared to deprived secondary school students. It is further found that there exists no significant difference in educational aspirations of deprived and non-deprived secondary school students. There exists significant relationship between the vocational interests and educational aspirations of deprived and non -deprived secondary school students.

Vocational interests, deprived and non deprived students

"VOCATIONAL INTERESTS OF DEPRIVED AND NON - DEPRIVED SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.c394-c403, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404246.pdf

"VOCATIONAL INTERESTS OF DEPRIVED AND NON - DEPRIVED SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppc394-c403, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404246.pdf