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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 3
First page : (643) Last page : (648)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8008

Utility and Coverage of Vocational Training of Eco-Friendly Articles

Twinkle^1* , Kusum Rana² and Kiran Singh^3
1PhD Scholar, ²Principal Extension Specialist, ³Professor
Department of Family Resource Management,
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: twisangwan@gmail.com
Received: 2.04.2020  |  Revised: 11.05.2020   |  Accepted: 17.05.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Education plays a crucial role in nation-building of a country. For the overall national development and economic growth of a country, it is imperative that the youth are imparted suitable knowledge and skills. Skill Development is to develop a workforce empowered with the necessary and constantly upgraded skills, knowledge and internationally recognized qualifications to add access to decent employment and ensure India’s competitiveness in the dynamic global market. The study was conducted in four villages of Jhajjar and Hisar districts of Haryana state purposively. Ten different eco-friendly and utility articles were prepared and preferences by the experts were taken on the basis of ease in preparing, marketability, cost effective, high utility, latest design and acceptability and finally five items were selected. A batch of enthusiastic and willing 25-30 rural women willing to participate and start their enterprise after acquiring skill by attending vocational training programme on eco-friendly decorative and utility items for home and festivals were selected. Training utility was measured by getting the response on three point continuum i.e. very useful (VU), useful (U) and undecided (UD) with score assigned as 3, 2, 1 respectively. Similarly training coverage was measured with the help of instrument developed for the study and response of trainees were taken on three point continuum i.e. wide coverage (WC), partial coverage (PC), marginal coverage (MC) scores of 3, 2, 1 respectively. Weighted mean score and ranks were used for estimating of data related to utility, coverage, constraint and knowledge. Utility and coverage of subject matter related to various trainings was found to be of high utility and wide coverage by the women respondents. The trainings were found to be very useful with high coverage this was because of the fact that the vocational trainings were specialized to subject matter and thorough practical trainings were imparted. Trainings were imparted through demonstration, lectures and hands-on-experience in order to enable them to prepare items, do their value addition, packaging and explore markets for income generation.

Keywords: Skill development, Utility, Coverage, Knowledge, Eco-friendly articles.

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Cite this article: Twinkle, Rana, K., and Singh, K. (2020). Utility and Coverage of Vocational Training of Eco-Friendly Articles, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(3), 643-648. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8008