Guidance Needs of Adolescents Studying in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in Himachal Pradesh.

In the present scientific age, increasing complexities of life are becoming responsible for the need of guidance and guidance has been a vital aspect of education. The country's success in various fields depends on the proper guidance of adolescents. The students need guidance at each step of their life and mainly when they are in the growing and changing period of their life. The adolescents of today are the potent hope of the future and hence cannot be ignored in their guidance needs. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are the residential schools and the students studying in these schools are away from their family members. The focus of present research paper was to study the guidance needs of adolescents studying in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in Himachal Pradesh. A sample of 350 students of class 10+2 was selected from four Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in Himachal Pradesh. The results of the present study revealed that the male and female adolescents studying in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas have maximum need for vocational guidance and male adolescents have more need for guidance in psychological area than their female counterparts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]