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Psychometric Profiling and Structured Career Guidance for Scheduled Tribe Adolescents: A Field Study at Eklavya Model Residential School, Gamnom Sapormeina

Author(s) S. Thangkhanlen Haokip
Country India
Abstract In the Indian school system, the academic transition following Class 10 requires students to select an educational stream, Science, Commerce, or Arts/Humanities that largely determines their higher education options and occupational pathways. For Scheduled Tribe (ST) students studying in remote residential settings, this choice is frequently made without objective information regarding their personal capabilities, resulting in high rates of academic mismatch, performance anxiety, and disengagement. This field intervention study investigated the impact of a tripartite psychometric assessment battery combined with one-on-one counseling on the career decision-making of twenty Class 10 students (10 female, 10 male; ages 14–17) at Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) Gamnom Sapormeina, Kangpokpi District, Manipur.

The evaluation utilized the TAMANNA aptitude test, the Comprehensive Interest Schedule (CIS), and the Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Personality (MAP). Standardized Sten scores were synthesized during personalized counseling sessions to address underlying academic worries, health-related learning gaps, and familial pressures. Prior to the intervention, 80% of the cohort (n=16) displayed significant vocational confusion, with only 20% (n=4) expressing clear stream confidence. Following profile-based counseling, all twenty students (100%) achieved clarity and reported high decisional confidence. The assessment identified strong practical, perceptual, and spatial aptitudes alongside widespread math anxiety and helped redirect students from mismatched parental career demands toward sustainable academic tracks. These findings demonstrate the necessity of integrating structured, standardized psychometric profiling into the routine operations of tribal residential schools under the National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS).
Keywords Career Guidance, Psychometric Profiling, Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS), Scheduled Tribe Adolescents, TAMANNA, Stream Selection, Vocational Decision-Making, Manipur.
Field Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In Volume 8, Issue 5, September-October 2026
Published On 2026-10-23
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i05.90527
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