The present study is related to interest of school students towards vocational courses in relation to their gender and locale. Descriptive Survey Method was used by the investigator. The purposive random sampling technique was used in the study. 10 Govt. Senior Secondary School were selected randomly from that district of Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab). The samples of the study comprised of 100 Xth class students (50 Boys and 50 Girls) were selected. To analyse the data in terms of statistical techniques-Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, and t-test. The major finding of the study revealed that 57% of Xth class students have extremely high interest towards vocational courses, 32% of students have extremely low interest towards vocational courses and only 11% of students have moderate interest towards vocational courses. There is a significant difference in the interest of boys, girls and Rural, Urban of Xth class towards vocational courses.