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CAREER PREFERENCES OF AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS OF SREE VENKATESWARA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, TIRUPATI

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Title CAREER PREFERENCES OF AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS OF SREE VENKATESWARA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, TIRUPATI
 
Creator SAILAJA, A
 
Contributor PRABHAKARA SASTRY), T
 
Subject CAREER, PREFERENCES, AGRICULTURAL, STUDENTS, SREE VENKATESWARA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, TIRUPATI
 
Description The present study was undertaken with the main objective
to know the career preferences of agricultural students of Sree
Venkateswara Agricultural College, Tirupati.
Ex-post-facto research design was followed in the study.
Year-wise lists of undergraduate agricultural students were
recorded. From each year of B.SC(Ag), fifteen boys and fifteen
girls were selected by following systamatic random sampling, thus
final sample was 120 students studying B.SC(Ag). The data was
collected through structured questionnaires.
The statistical tests used in the analysis of data were
frequency and percentages, paired comparison method and Wilcoxon
matched pairs signed ranks test.
Majority of the respondents were of 20 years of age,
successful academically, had highly educated fathers settled in
government occupations and their mothers with high school and
primary education were mostly ' unemployed. Most of the
respondents had urban background, belonged to high income group
and nuclear families. Administrative job was ranked first followed by bank job
research, sales representative, business, e~tension, teaching,
cultivation, military job and works no~ related to agriculture in
the order of their career preferences.
There were significant differences between boys and girls,
whereas there were no significant differences between first year
and final year students with respect to their career preferences.
ยท 'Power and prestige', 'unique nature of job' and 'high
salary' were the reasons which were ranked first in the order of
preference of the reasons for career preferences of agricultural
students.
Majority of the respondents had less favourable attitude
followed by favourable attitude towards rural oriented careers.
 
Date 2016-08-18T11:09:12Z
2016-08-18T11:09:12Z
1991
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERA8AD
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/72883
 
Language en
 
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