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Gender dimensions of vocational interest amongst school children in tribal areas: a study of Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh

With the rising population and rapidly growing unemployment problems in India, the authors state that it has become ... Show more
With the rising population and rapidly growing unemployment problems in India, the authors state that it has become essential to impart vocational education from school itself, thus providing for future manpower requirements of a technologically advancing society. In this study, efforts have been made to find out the gender dimensions of vocational interests amongst school children of tribal Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The investigation showed that gender dimensions do play an important role in the vocational interests of tribal children and that there is a strong need to provide vocational guidance at school level in these tribal areas.
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Authors: Gautam, Shalini; Sharma, Vineet Kumar; Kumar, Krishan

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: India; Asia

Resource type: Article

Journal title: MIER journal of educational studies, trends and practices

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Gender; Demographics ... [+] Show more