The scenario of female education in India is not in good condition today. Especially in government schools and even with the people having rural background. Even if the girls get enrolled, their dropout rates are high after completing the secondary education. The major reasons could be, because their parents don’t want them to study either due to early marriages of their girls or they think that spending on their further studies won’t give them any benefit. To change this mindset, investigator thought of proving them vocational counseling. Vocational counseling is a career focused on helping those who need to obtain work. Those with certain disadvantages in the employment world such as advanced age or disabilities might benefit from these services. The purpose of this study is to see whether the vocational counseling has any impact on the education of female students of government schools in nearby villages of Jaipur. For this purpose, a survey was conducted in government schools and it was seen that majority of parents of girls studying in Xth standard did not want them to study further. After seeing this shocking result a vocational counseling session was conducted for the parents as well as for the students. New and various vocations were introduced to the parents and the importance of education was the major subject of the session. After the group session as well as individual counseling sessions, again the parents were asked that whether they would like their girls to study further or not? And this time the responses were different. Various parents did change their mind and they wanted their girls to get their degree and become independent. Sample of 200 girls from 5 government schools of villages nearby Jaipur was selected. The enquiry method used in this study is semi-structured interview. Independent variable is vocational counseling and dependent variable is response of the parents. T-test has been applied to see the difference between the responses given by the parents pre-counseling and post-counseling. Results showed a significant improvement in parents’ response after the vocational counseling
