Education and Training of Rural Women in a Selected Area of Bangladesh

Type Working Paper
Title Education and Training of Rural Women in a Selected Area of Bangladesh
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Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2010
Abstract
The main purposes of the study were to determine the level of education and training exposure of the rural women in a specific area of Bangladesh. The study was conducted in Boyra and Bhabakhali unions under Mymensingh sader Upazila of Mymensingh district. 100 rural women were selected randomly as sample of the study from a population of 1042. Data were collected by using structured interview schedule during March 1 to April 01, 2009 through interviewing. More than half (63 per cent) of the rural women were literate which is higher than national literacy rate. On the other hand, exact half (50 per cent) of the rural women had no training exposure, while 31 per cent, 9 per cent and 10 per cent had short, medium and high training exposure respectively on different issues.

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