Youths are feature citizens of India and they form 50 per ent of the population.Rao(1964)observed that school going youths wanted to be doctors.scientists,engineers,teachers and army officers.Only 1-10per cent of the youths aspired to be a farmer.Grover(1966)found that rural youths were becoming urban oriented as far as the choice of vocation was concerned.So to mould the youths into an adult citizen.it is essential to identify the occupational preferences and provide facilities in that area.The study conducted in two villages of Avanashi block revealed that 85.00per cent of the youths(120)interviewed were employed in various vocations like agriculture,business,tending cattle.labourrs etc.The occupational preferences are as detailed in Table 1.
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