CAREER MATURITY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TRIBAL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR GENDER

This paper is an attempt to study the attitude towards career of secondary school tribal students was
selected for the study. Crites Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) and Indian adaptation by Dr. Nirmala Gupta
1989 was administered on the sample to study the Attitude towards career of secondary school tribal students in
Odisha. Career Maturity means the individual’s ability and readiness to make appropriate career choices. As
selection or choice of an occupation is one of the most important aspects among secondary school students it is
very essential for the teacher, parents, counselor to know the career maturity. The concept of career maturity is
originated from the Supers developmental theory of career behavior and the process of selection of an
occupation generally spans from late childhood to early childhood (Dybwad, 2008; Super, 1957). In the study
researcher found that as a whole there is a significant difference on the career maturity of secondary school
students with relation to the gender.