The present study was aimed at determining the level of awareness of consumer protection act among high school students. The total sample size was 150 students from 5 high schools located in villages of Dharwad Taluka. The results emphasized that students of Amminabhavi village had higher knowledge on various aspects of consumer protection act with boys having a mean value of 10.25 and girls 6.62. Nigadi village high school students had high knowledge with mean value of 6.75 of boys and 4.75 of girls followed by Managundi and Hebballi and least knowledge was in the students of Tadakod. The educational intervention methods viz folders and lecture cum demonstrations were found to be effective to impart the knowledge among the high school students latter being better than the former.
Awareness, consumer protection act, students
