RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM

DATE Dec 20, 2019

VENUE Sh. H.L Gupta Auditorium

SPEAKER Dr. Eisha Verma

The Centre for Educational Research organized a research colloquium at the MIER College. The resource person for the research colloquium was Dr. Eisha Verma, Lecturer in Education, Government Degree College, Khour. She dwelt on her doctoral thesis topic “Self-efficacy and Achievement Motivation as determinants of the Career Preferences of Adolescents”.
Dr. Eisha highlighted that making a career choice is a crucial task and a determinant of personal gratification.

However, thousands of vocations have been thrown open to a person and the selection of an appropriate career is becoming more challenging. The sample of the study consisted 1000 students of class 12th from five districts of Jammu division namely Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Udhampur and Ramban. The results of the thesis highlight that there was a significant and positive relationship between self-efficacy, achievement motivation and career preferences among adolescents. The female students prefer education sector on the other hand male students prefer defence sector as the preferred career choice. Dr. Adit Gupta in his presidential remarks, congratulated Dr. Eisha on conducting such an elaborate research work on the career preference of adolescents. A lively interaction took place between the resource person, faculty and students at the end.