The aim of the present study was to comparative assess educational interest of higher secondary students of Gariaband district, a tribal dominated area of Chhattisgarh in relation to gender. To conduct the study 500 male and 500 female higher secondary students of class XI and XII were selected. The educational interest of selected subjects was assessed by Education Interest Record prepared by Kulshrestha (2007). The seven different educational areas namely agriculture, commerce, fine arts, home science, humanities, science and lastly technology were assessed by EIR. The results reveal significant impact of gender on educational area of interest i.e. fine arts, home science, humanities and science respectively. In contrary to these no significant difference was observed in educational interest in agriculture, commerce and technology respectively. On the basis of results, it may be concluded that educational interest of female higher secondary students in areas such as fine arts, home science, humanities and science are higher as compared to male higher secondary students and at par in areas such as agriculture, commerce and technology respectively.