EFFECTIVENESS OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE STUDENTS

Abstract

In the present scenario our nation population is increasing and employment opportunities are decreasing so the educationists, policy makers and stakeholders are including skill development Programmes in higher education curriculum. Therefore, researcher has chosen effectiveness of skill development Programmes in arts and science college students in Cuddalore district, Tamilnadu. They have framed objectives of the study ie. To find out whether any significant difference in the effectiveness of skill development Programmes in arts and science college students with respect to Gender, Locality of the College and Locality of the students. Research tool constructed and standardised by the researchers. The researchers have utilized descriptive survey method and simple random sampling for collecting the data from the sample. Descriptive and Differential statistics analyses are utilized in the study. This study found that there is no significant difference in the effectiveness of skill development Programmes in arts and science college students with respect to Gender, Locality of the College and Locality of the students.