Impact Impact of Voluntary Organizations for Training in Rural Development

Abstract

Rural development in India has been brought back to focus in the aftermath of the economic slowdown. In recent times there has been an increased understanding that the developmental works can be further strengthened by working closely with the voluntary organizations at the grassroots. Towards this various training programs are being conducted to disseminate knowledge and skills about the needs of the rural development. However there is a need to know how the training programs have been perceived by the voluntary organizations. The following paper looks at the needs in the training programs for rural development as expressed by the participants from voluntary organizations. The paper is based on a field study done by the author in 2018-19. The paper focuses on why voluntary organizations should be trained and how training programs could be better designed for effective use in the work environment.

Key words – Rural development,training,skills,voluntary organizations