Study of Vocational Guidance Need in Relation to Creativity and Gender of Higher Secondary School Students of Indore District

The objective of the study was-(1) To study the influence of Creativity, Gender and their interaction on Vocational Guidance Needs of the students. The hypothesis of the study was- (1) There is no significant influence of Creativity, Gender and their interaction on Vocational Guidance Needs of the students. The study was Survey in nature. Total 500 students from six higher secondary schools of Indore city were selected randomly in the study. Creativity of students were assessed by ‘Baquer Mehdi test of Creative Thinking’ developed by Baquer Mehdi (1973). The Vocational Guidance needs of students were assessed by the Scale. Vocational Guidance Needs Scale (VGNS) was developed and standardized by the researcher. The reliability coefficient of VGNS was 0.87. The Content validity of VGNS was also ensured. The data was analyzed with the help of 2x2 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The findings of study were-(1) The students of high and low creative group were found to have vocational guidance need to same extent. (2) The Males and Female group students were found to have vocational guidance need to same extent. (3) The Vocational Guidance Needs of the students was found to independent of interaction between creativity and gender.