Perception of Women Towards Vocational Training on Garment Construction

For strengthening and empowering women, training is the most important input to bring desirable changes in human behavior in terms of knowledge, attitude and skill. Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) plays an important role not only through transfer of technologies but also in providing required support through skill development and vocation based interventions. Garment construction is one of the self employment avenues which require less financial support and moderate risk bearing enterprise. The present study was conducted in KVK Fatehabad district of Haryana state. Seventy five respondents were selected randomly from three villages for vocational trainings on garment construction. Five days intervention was provided considering the need assessment and experts' opinion about subject matter coverage during training. Perception of trainees was recorded regarding subject matter, physical facilities and quality of trainers. The highest mean score was obtained for practical utility of training (MS 2.91), stipend/refreshment provided during training (MS 2.93), cordial relation with the trainer(MS 2.90). The overall perceived feasibility of training was found highest for observability (MS 4.24) and traibility (MS 4.10). The trainees were found to have high adoption feasibility for vocational garment construction trainings.