My sincere thanks to:- Mr. J.Sampathkumar District Youth Coordinator, NYK Pondicherry

1. STUDY OF VOCATIONAL INTEREST
Interests cannot be objectively measured, can be only estimated by self-report,
since it is a subjective feeling. Interests act as a stimulant and aid to attention,
with a tendency to become absorbed in experience and continue it. Interests
help in identifying oneself in a particular action and promote satisfaction of
motives. They are shaped by both heredity and environment not permanently
fixed and they bind people in their direction. Interests have a special role in the
personality make up, determining one’s intellectual, physical, cultural, social,
occupational and recreational activities, but vary with age and differ among
individuals.
Interests may be assessed through self-report, observation method, Tests,
Inventories and Questionnaires. One of the widely used Interest Inventories is
Thurstone’s Interest Schedule. Interest Inventories are of greater value in
vocational guidance, career counseling, and in individual personnel selection. It
helps in the choice of curricula, course, vocations and recreational activities for
students and enables the Parents, Teachers and Counsellors to know the kinds
and intensity of the testee’s interest.

2. NEHRU YUVA KENDRA – PONDICHERRY
TSUNAMI COUNSELLING & CAREER GUIDANCE CENTER
X axis indicates the interest of occupation, Y axis indicates the Score of the Interest
OCCUPATIONAL INTEREST OF TSUNAMI AFFECTED YOUTH IN PONDICHERRY NORTH
This bar diagram shows the Interest of Tsunami affected Youth in Pondicherry (Kalapet, Kanagachettigulam and Pillaichavady)
preferences in Thurstone’s Interest Schedule. Test conducted at Kalapet on August 2005
Physical
Science(P)
Biological
Science(B)
Computations
C
Business
B
Executive
E
Persuasive
P
Linguistic
L
Humanitarian
H
Artistic
A
Music
M

3. NEHRU YUVA KENDRA - PONDICHERRY
Tsunami Counselling & Career Guidance Center
This Table shows the Occupational Interest of Tsunami affected youth in Pondicherry (Kalapet, Kanagachettigulam and
Pillaichavady) preferences in Thurstone’s Interest Schedule
* Females Test conducted at PeriyaKalapet Camp on August 2005
Sl
No Name
Physical
Science
(PS)
Biological
Science
(BS)
Computa
-tions
C
Business
B
Executive
E
Persuasive
P
Linguistic
L
Humani
-tarian
H
Artistic
A
Music
M
Total
1. A. Anand 0 2 3 11 6 6 1 5 3 1 38
2. M. Balamurugan 7 0 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 29
3. H. Dhayanethy 1 4 0 0 3 5 10 2 0 0 25
4. S. Kannan 7 1 2 2 5 1 1 8 4 1 32
5. P. Karthikeyan 11 8 9 8 12 2 5 2 3 2 62
6. S. Kumaran 4 5 3 11 8 7 8 14 11 12 83
7. S. Murali 13 12 3 12 10 9 17 15 9 9 109
8. N. Manjini 6 6 2 3 4 1 1 7 0 0 30
9. M. Mohan 4 14 0 3 13 3 4 4 3 0 48
10 M. Rajasekar 8 6 0 0 7 5 5 1 2 0 34
11 N. Radesh 4 3 1 2 2 3 3 5 1 0 24
12 M. Ramkumar 16 0 9 5 11 3 4 7 0 3 58
13 R. selvaraju 3 1 7 7 8 1 2 3 0 0 32
14 M. Selvakumar 9 0 10 8 10 6 4 9 0 0 56
15 R. Theevaraj 5 4 1 8 7 5 10 14 10 17 81
16 K. Vinayagam 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 12
17 V. R. Vijai 11 0 6 8 11 7 6 6 7 3 65
18 A.Vinayagamoorthy 3 2 8 5 2 2 5 0 2 1 30
19 *N. Sathiya 4 1 0 1 4 1 6 6 1 0 24
20 *G. Saranya 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 1 0 16
Mean of Group 6 4 3 5 7 4 5 6 3 3 44
Mean of Males 6 4 4 5 7 4 5 6 3 3 47
Mean of Females 4 1 0 1 3 1 4 6 1 0 20

4. NEHRU YUVA KENDRA – PONDICHERRY
TSUNAMI COUNSELLING & CAREER GUIDANCE CENTER
OCCUPATIONAL INTEREST OF THE TSUNAMI AFFECTED YOUTH IN PONDICHERRY SOUTH
This bar diagram shows the Interest of Tsunami affected Youth in Pondicherry (Pooranankuppam, Pudukuppam and Edayarpalayam)
preferences in Thurstone’s Interest Schedule. Test conducted at Pooranankuppam on January 2006.
PhysicalScience
(Ps)
BiologicalScience
(Bs)
Computations
(C)
Business(B)
Executive(E)
Persuasive(P)
Linguistic(L)
Humanitarian
(H)
Artistic(A)
Music(M)
X axis indicates the interest of Occupation, Y axis indicates the score of the Interest

5. NEHRU YUVA KENDRA – PONDICHERRY
Tsunami Counselling & Career Guidance Centre
This table shows the Occupational Interest of the Tsunami affected Youth in Pondicherry south Preferences in
Thurston’s Interest Schedule
Sl.No. Name
Physical
Science
(Ps)
Biological
Science
(Bs)
Computations
(C)
Business
(B)
Executive
(E)
Persuasive
(P)
Linguistic
(L)
Humanitarian
(H)
Artistic
(A)
Music
(M)
Total
1.* I. Dhanalakshmi 2 3 13 7 11 13 12 15 4 2 82
2. P. Vimal 7 1 4 9 12 14 14 10 3 3 77
3.* S. Veeramani 12 8 6 5 4 1 11 5 0 5 57
4.* G. Shalini 4 9 3 6 3 1 3 8 2 11 50
5. M. Sriram 1 8 1 0 11 2 9 6 1 10 49
6.* V. Agilandeswari 3 9 4 4 2 1 3 8 1 8 43
7.* D. Dhanalakshmi 5 6 8 4 3 3 0 8 2 0 39
8.* K. Muthazhagi 3 2 2 4 1 4 3 4 5 4 32
9.* M. Ilamathi 0 1 1 0 4 6 6 7 3 1 29
10. K. Paramasivam 2 2 5 4 5 3 2 2 0 4 29
11.* B. Saritha 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 9 5 0 26
12. G. Thamizhselvan 1 3 3 5 3 2 3 1 1 4 26
13.* K. Kungumavalli 4 4 0 1 2 0 0 8 4 0 23
14. D. Jeevan Moorthy 2 4 1 1 8 5 0 1 0 0 22
15. A. Sivaranjan 4 5 0 2 4 1 0 2 4 0 22
16. P. Chandirasoot 4 4 1 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 21
17.* M. Madhavi 7 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 1 2 19

6. 18. K.Sasicoumar Brumot 3 2 1 1 3 0 2 5 0 1 18
19.* B. Rajalakshmi 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 5 17
20.* K. Vasanthi 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 4 5 0 16
21.* S.D. Anitha 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 14
22.* S. Mathivadhani 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 2 1 1 14
23. A. Annadurai 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 1 12
24. A. Velavan 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 10
25.* R. Maheswari 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 9
26. A. Prabhagaran 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 9
27. K. Kannapiran 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 8
28.* G. Renuka 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
29.* K. Venmathi 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6
30. M. Bhakiyanathan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
31. R. Krishnamoorthy 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
32.* R. Ushanandini 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
33.* S. Saranya 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5
34. S.Chandra Kumar 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
35.* S. Valarmathy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
Mean of Group 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 23
Mean of Males 2 2 1 2 4 2 2 3 1 2 21
Mean of Femals 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 25
*Female
Test Conducted at Pooranankuppam Camp on January 2006

7. NEHRU YUVA KENDRA – PONDICHERRY
Tsunami Counselling & Career Guidance Centre
OCCUPATIONAL INTEREST OF THE TSUNAMI AFFECTED YOUTH IN PONDICHERRY MIDDLE
This bar diagram shows the interest of Tsunami affected Youth in Pondicherry (Veerampattinam, Ariyankuppam)
preferences in Thurstone’s Interest Schedule. Test conducted at Veerampattinam on April 2006
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
PhysicalScience
B
iologicalScience
C
om
putationsB
usinessExecutivePersuasiveLinguistic
H
um
anitarian
A
rtistic
M
usic

8. NEHRU YUVA KENDRA – PONDICHERRY
Tsunami Counselling & Career Guidance Centre
This table shows the Occupational Interest of the Tsunami affected Youth in Pondicherry Middle Preferences in
Thurston’s Interest Schedule
Sl.
No.
Name
Physical
Science
(Ps)
Biological
Science
(Bs)
Computations
(C)
Business
(B)
Executive
(E)
Persuasive
(P)
Linguistic
(L)
Humanitarian
(H)
Artistic
(A)
Music
(M)
Total
1. N. SATHIYABAMA 3 8 3 5 10 4 5 5 0 0 43
2. A. TAMIJARASSY 0 1 4 5 12 11 5 3 0 0 41
3.* M. THANIGAVEL 6 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 5 29
4. G. PRATHIMA 0 2 1 0 9 1 3 6 6 0 28
5. G. KALAIVANI 4 2 1 2 0 0 3 2 5 3 22
6. P. SURYA 3 2 2 3 1 1 0 4 1 0 17
7. G. PRIYADARSINI 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 16
8. K. ARULMOZHI 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 4 3 3 16
9. V. VAISHNAVI 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 14
10. S. HEMAVATHI 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 2 1 14
11. G. JANAKY 0 0 0 2 5 2 2 2 0 0 13
12. R. PARIMALA 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 5 0 12
13. V. LAKSHMI DEVI 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 4 0 0 10
14. D. UMASANKARI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 3 10
15. M. HEMALAKSHMI 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 10
16. J. JAYAPRATHA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 8
17. A. ELAKKIYA 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
18. R. TAMILSELVI 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
19. M. GANGALAKSHMI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 3 8
20. P. MATHIVATHANI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 8
21. A. MANGAIYARKARSI 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Mean of Group 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 16
*Male
Test Conducted at Veerampattinam Camp on April 2006