Occupational Aspiration of Agricultural Graduates

Table 4 reveals that there exist a positive and significant association between

the place of education, education level of the father, father’s occupation, annual

income and academic performance and their occupational aspiration level. The

other variables i.e., age, gender, education level of mother, birth place and native

place, mother’s occupation, family type and sibling status had no significant

association with the occupational aspiration level of students.

Conclusion

In this modern age, agricultural education offers many job opportunities for

students to plan and choice their career. Hence it is assumed that the findings

of this study will be able to provide an important guideline for educationists,

teachers, policy makers and other concerned with curriculum development in the

field of agricultural education.

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