AN INVESTIGATION ON VOCATIONAL MATURITY, HOME ENVIRONMENT & LEVEL OF MODERNIZATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

This study investigates the vocational maturity, home environment and level of modernization of secondary school students. The sample consisted of 400 students (193 Boys & 207 Girls) of tenth class studying in government schools of Almora district of Uttarakhand. They were selected on the base of multi stage random sampling. The major findings of the research revealed that the majority of male and female secondary students show high level of vocational maturity. Findings also exhibits that the female secondary students have more favorable home environment that the male secondary students.