India’s rural children eye a career path in police, teaching, medicine, Army, and engineering, while the least preferred areas are sports, agriculture, bureaucracy and household work. However, professional aspirations are clearly driven by gender, with Army (13.8%) and police (13.6%) emerging as top two choices among the boys. Teachers (16%) and doctors (14.8%) were the most common choices, with police (12.5%) emerging as the third most popular choice among girls.
Source: Times of India/TOI