“A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GENDER BASES IN VOCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS OF GIRLS HAVING AND NOT HAVING EXPOSURE TO GUIDENCE SERVICES”

This study examined the vocational aspirations and parental vocational expectations of school students , Participants completed a questionnaire . The present study is an attempt to find out the influence of guidance service out the influence of guidance service provided by counsellor on vocational aspiration of students, and how much this guidance service is effective in optimising the students vocational alternatives regardless of their gender. students were asked to select occupations to which they aspired. The expectations of parents were compared to the aspirations of children according to the occupational field, prestige, and sextype of occupations. The expectation?aspiration gap was relatively small for occupational field, but the gap was larger for occupational prestige and sextype. There were also gender differences for both expectations and aspirations . parental educational background also related to expectations and aspirations. Theoretical, research, and practice implications are discussed.