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The Impact of Vocational Training Courses on Knowledge and Adoption of Rural Women in Kashmir

Journal of Sustainable Society

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Title The Impact of Vocational Training Courses on Knowledge and Adoption of Rural Women in Kashmir
 
Creator Nazir, Tabasum; 1Department of Home Science, University of Kashmir, India
Vaida, Naheed; Department of Home Science, University of Kashmir, India
Ahmad Dar, Mustaq; Department of Extension Education and Communication, SKUAST-K, India
 
Subject Society, Sustainability
knowledge, adoption, dependency, vocational training, empowerment, rural women
 
Description The aim of this study is to assessment the impact of vocational training courses on knowledge and adoption of rural women in Kashmir. The study sample comprised of 400 women beneficiaries who had under gone various vocational training courses to ascertain the impact of training courses for the empowerment of rural women in Kashmir valley during the year 2010- 2011. The study revealed that fifty two percent of the respondents adopted the training techniques and 46.75 per cent became independent and 30.5 per cent respondents had reduced their dependency. The training of cutting and tailoring, knitting, fruit and vegetable preservation and tilla work adopted by the trainees had increased their socio - economic status.
 
Publisher World Scholars
 
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Date 2013-01-11
 
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://wscholars.com/index.php/jss/article/view/232
10.11634/216825851403232
 
Source Journal of Sustainable Society; Vol 1, No 4 (2012); 84-87
 
Language en
 
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