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The field of education might improve its efforts to recruit students for educational careers if it focuses on the vocational interests of students who are 15 and 16 years old. It is important to encourage individuals to set educational and career goals early in life and for this it is imperative to identify the career which is best fit for the person. In India we have many examination boards with different curriculum and environment. The study was aimed to understand and compare the vocational interests of the students of two boards to prepare them for vocational guidance in order to help them choose right career for their livelihood. The present investigation was conducted on a total of 200 students studying in class Xth, of randomly selected secondary schools of C.B.S.E and U.P. Board of education. Out of the total sample 100 students were of C.B.S.E. and 100 students of U.P. Board. The vocational interest record developed by Dr. S.P. Kulshrestha was used to collect data. For analysis and interpretation of data Mean, S.D. and t-test were used. The null hypothesis was framed and tested at 0.01 level of significance. It was observed that students showed very high interest in some areas of vocation and average to very low interest in some vocations. However, there was not much difference in the interests of students of the two examination Boards.