VALUE PATTERNS OF ENGINEERING, LAW, MEDICAL AND TEACHER-TRAINING STUDENTS IN INDIA

Summary. The study examined the value patterns of engineering, law, medical and teacher-training students in Indian colleges. Fifty students in each group were administered the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values. When the t-test was applied to the strength of six value variables within groups, a clear hierarchy of values emerged in each group. In the case of engineering students, economic value was the highest value variable while religious value was the lowest. In the case of law students, political value emerged as the highest value variable followed by economic value. In the case of medical students, theoretical value emerged as the highest value variable followed by social value, while aesthetic value emerged as the lowest value variable. In the case of teacher-training students, political value was the first followed by theoretical value.