Impact of garment construction trainings on scheduled caste women Sachan Divya1,* 1Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana *Corresponding author email id: divya.sachan708@gmail.com
Abstract Training programme is generally conducted with a goal that the participants after being trained will translate the acquired knowledge and skill into action. Garment construction is a technical accomplishment, which requires knowledge of fabrics, principle of garment construction and skills involved in it. Present study was conducted in Hisar District of Haryana state, purposively. Two hundred thirty respondents from ten villages of four blocks (Hisar I, Hisar II, Barwala, and Hansi rural) were imparted trainings on garment construction. Out of these total 120 respondents were selected for the present study. The present study was undertaken to assess the gain in knowledge, acquired skills by the participants, adoption status of the respondents and attitude of the respondents regarding training. Knowledge level of respondents was also recorded high for sub-components viz., designing, cutting, stitching, surface enrichment, machine care and operation, entrepreneurial education and precautions. The respondents succeeded in acquiring high level skills on all the aspects of garment construction. Most of the respondents had favourable attitude toward garment construction. Top Keywords Knowledge, Skill, Attitude and adoption. Top |