Gagandeep Kaur Ph.d & Simranjeet Kaur

The present study is designed to understand the Career aspirations of adolescent students in relation to parental support. The population of the study consisted of all the students of class 9th of government senior secondary schools of Gurdaspur district, Punjab. In order to conduct the survey, a sample of 200 students (Both male and female) was collected from three government senior secondary schools. The present study revealed that there exists significant difference in parental support of secondary school students with respect to type of schools, but their exists no significant difference with respect to locale. Further, no significant difference was found in career aspiration of secondary school students with respect to locale and type of schools. This study also revealed that there exists no significant relationship between career aspiration and parental support of secondary school students. Key words: - Career aspiration, parental support, Adolescent students