Effectiveness of skill based Vocational Trainings of Eco-friendly articles for Rural Women
| dc.contributor.advisor | Rana, Kusum | |
| dc.contributor.author | Twinkle | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-17T07:09:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-17T07:09:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study was conducted in Jhajjar and Hisar districts of Haryana state purposively. Ukhalchana Kot, Badhani villages from Jhajjar and Mangali and Gawad villages from Hisar were selected for imparting trainings to women respondents. Twenty five respondents from each village were selected for the eco-friendly and utility articles training, comprising a total sample of 100 trainees. Various socio-personal, economic and communication variables constituted of independent variables and various effectiveness of training in terms of skill, knowledge and constraints constituted of dependent variables. The data were collected with the help of interview schedule. The data was analyzed using frequency, percentage, weighted mean score, ranks, paired „t‟ test and chi-square. The study revealed that about one third of the respondents (71%) belonged to age group between 28-39 years of age, has acquired education up to middle (26%) and primary level, married (84%) and belonged to joint family system (59%), family size of 5-6 members (45%) and medium level of family education status (53%). Majority of women respondents (44%) were housewife having a family occupation as farming (40%), half of them were not associated to any formal or non-formal organization (50%) having a material possession of medium level (53%). Majority (41%) had a family income between Rs. 40,001- Rs. 60,000, were landless (27%), having 1-2 milch animals (52%), mass media exposure to the extent of medium level (53%) and information source utilization was found to be at frequent level (45%). There was sufficient gain in knowledge among respondents after exposing the respondents to eco-friendly and utility articles trainings and responses were recorded for subcomponents viz; designing of value added articles, cutting and stitching of jute bags, preparation of eco-friendly articles, embellishment of value added articles and precautions. The women respondents succeeded in change in their attitude at post-exposure in all the vocational trainings and acquiring medium level skills in eco-friendly and utility articles. Impact assessment was of moderate level and so was the symbolic adoption. The overall impact of eco-friendly and utility article trainings was of medium level. Economic and marketing constraints were faced by majority of the respondents. The components had significant association with attitude, knowledge, overall impact and effectiveness of trainings which was evaluated with the help of chi-square test. The cost benefit ratio was more than 1 for all the eco-friendly and utility articles indicating economic viability of preparing and selling these items by the rural women in the market. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810137880 | |
| dc.keywords | Eco-friendly, women empowerment, effectiveness of training, vocational training, knowledge, skill development | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | CCSHAU | en_US |
| dc.sub | Family Resource Management | en_US |
| dc.theme | Effectiveness of skill based Vocational Trainings of Eco-friendly articles for Rural Women | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | Effectiveness of skill based Vocational Trainings of Eco-friendly articles for Rural Women | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |