A STUDY OF VOCATIONAL CHOICES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL GIRL STUDENTS STUDYING IN CLASS IX IN PATNA

The concise oxford dictionary gives two meanings to "vocation", the first (from the Latin Vocare,"to call") as a divine call to, or sense of fitness for, a career or occupation, "the second as a person's" employment, trade profession". For the purpose of this entry the term "vocation"(And by extension, "vocational") is given a broad connotation, having an affective component as suggested by the first dictionary definition. It is also presumed to include occupation encompassing the full range of type of work skills, not just those with less academic requirements. In this research the investigator used the survey method. The investigator takes the sample of 100 girl students' studying in class IX. For present study the investigator has constructed a questionnaire as data gathering tool and tries out small group before testing in school. The investigator has calculated percentage of the data.