A Pre-Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Video Teaching Programme on Road Safety among the Middle School Children of Government Middle School at Kirumampakkam, Puducherry

Road traffic accidents has become one of the most common problems among school children. It is the right time to educate them regarding the road safety measures. The study was done to assess the effectiveness of video teaching programme on road safety measures among middle school children at Government middle school, kirumampakkam, puducherry. Pre experimental one group pretest post test research design was used and samples were collected using simple random technique. Sample size was 60. The study findings revealed that out of 60 samples, most of them 29(48.3%) had inadequate knowledge, 20(33.3%) had moderately adequate knowledge and 11(18.3%) had adequate knowledge in pretest and in post test most of them 33(55%) had adequate knowledge, 24(40%) had moderately adequate knowledge and only 3(5%) had inadequate knowledge. It was inferred that most of the school children had inadequate knowledge in pretest and most of the school children had adequate knowledge and moderately adequate knowledge in post test. It showed that the video teaching programme was effective.