Effectiveness of Training Programmes on Textile Designing and Clothing among Rural Women

Providing technical knowledge to the rural women through various training programmes is imperative for the development of women. Krishi Vigyan Kendras play an important role in providing knowledge about the improved practices of home Science technologies through its various training programmes. The present study was conducted with the aim to study the effectiveness of the training programmes in terms of gain in knowledge of the trainees. The focus was however on the trainings related to textile designing and clothing construction. The data were collected from 75 trainees who attended the training programmes through a set of questionnaire administered to them both before and after the conduct of the training. Test scores were calculated and gain in scores was obtained. Percentage improvement was calculated to study the improvement in scores. The t-test scores indicated that the trainings have made significant (p<0.05) differences in the gain in the knowledge test scores of the trainees.