Vol. 16, Issue 1, Jul-Dec 2023
Page: 31-37
Some Psycho-Social Factors Influencing Preference for Traditional and Non Traditional Vocations in Deoghar District
Dr. R. K. Jha, Sheo Kumar Rana
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It shapes the destiny of the nation by educating the younger generation. The child is like a plant in a garden and the parents
and teachers are gardeners. If the gardeners do not look after the plant, automatically, the growth of the plant will be
diminished, and it may even die. The present study focuses its attention on the psychosocial factors like level of aspiration,
achievement of motives, security-insecurity and risk taking factors which influencing the preference for traditional and
Non-traditional vocations. Vocation is one's response to a call from beyond oneself to use one's strengths and gifts to make
the world a better place through service, creativity and leadership. Non-Traditional occupations or fields of work for which
individuals from one gender comprise less than 25% of individuals employed in that field or occupation. In studying the
Psycho-social factors, the investigator used psycho-social dimension like level of aspiration, achievement of motives,
security-insecurity and risk taking factors. “Man cannot propose a higher or holier object for his study than ‘education’
and all that pertains to education”. Aristotle writes, “Educated men are as much superior to uneducated as the living are
to the dead” Upanishads say, “Throughout education one enjoys the fruit of immortality”. Vocational education is a
multifaceted one as it tends to focus around several careers which include auto repair, woodworking, carpentry,
blacksmith, cosmetology, and other fields. There are many vocational schools across the country which provides the
students to gain valuable hands-on experience. The population of the study consists of the higher secondary students
studying in traditional vocations and Non-traditional vocations of different higher secondary schools located in Deoghar
District in Jharkhand.
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