Impact of Vocational Training Programme toward Rural Women Conducted by KVK in Korea District of Chhattisgarh

Abstract

KVKs impart trainings and education with a view to raise the level of knowledge, attitudinal changes and 
testing and transferring of recommended improved farm technologies so as to bridge the gap between production 
and productivity and also to increase self-employment opportunities among the farming community. Rural Women 
in India, contributing 25% of GDP, is increasingly becoming a Female Activity. The present study was an attempt to 
evaluate the impact of training on its beneficiaries with reference to know the extent of success in raising the income 
of beneficiaries. For attaining the objectives, the present investigation was carried out in Baikunthpur block of 
Koriya district, Chhattisgarh. A total of 60 trainees and 60 non-trainees were selected as sample for the study.  The 
data were collected by personal interview with the help of structured and pre-tested schedule.  Percentage and other 
statistical tools were used to analyze the data. Age, educational status, land holding, number of training attended and 
progressiveness had significant relation with income and employment generation. Size of family, occupation, annual 
income, extension participation and risk bearing capacity had non-significant relation with income and employment 
generation.