International Journal of Social Science : Vol. 3. No. 4, 463-470, Dec 2014

DOI No. 10.5958/2321-5771.2014.00020.9

Occupational aspiration of agricultural

graduates

Ganesh Das 1 and Sarthak Chowdhury 2

1 Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, India.

2 Department of EES, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, India.

Corresponding author : sarthakpsb@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Aspiration is considered as one of the important traits of personality of an

individual. The present study has to be conceived as a contribution towards

understanding of the nature and extent of aspiration of the students. It is essential to

understand the various occupational aspirations of the Agricultural Graduates and

the sources of information utilised by the Agricultural Graduates for occupation

and job opportunities. The study was conducted during September-December

2011 at the faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya

(BCKV). The sample consists of all the 1 st semester and 3 rd semester students of

M.Sc (Agriculture). The analysis of occupational aspirations suggested that while

students aspired to a particular type of job, they were not necessarily expecting to

get the job to which they aspired. In the context of this study, a higher percentage

of students (30%) aspired to be A.R.S performers exclusively, however many

were not really expecting to go as a researcher. Among the mass media sources,

all the respondents used news papers as sources for job placement followed by

websites (88.36%). Among the least used mass media sources was radio (only

1.72%). Among the informal sources it is noted that students received maximum

information regarding job from their friends (88%) followed by their parents

(50.43%).least used sources for information was neighbours (6.46%).

Keywords: Occupational aspiration, career development, job opportunities

Introduction

The education system acts as a mechanism for training youth and to perform

well in a complex, interdependent and highly organized occupational system.

The primary objective of establishing agricultural universities and college is to

train and educated the students, so that they could engage in farm sector, carry

out various activities in scientific manner and there by boost the production and

productivity. The term aspiration refers to a person’s orientation towards a goal.

Occupational aspiration is a person’s desire for an ultimate occupational status