National Workshop on RAWE 19-20 May,2012

1. National Workshop on RAWE19-20 May,2012 Dr. C.S. Hunshal Dean (Home Science) College of Rural Home Science University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, Karnataka

2. RAWE IMPLIMENTATION IN HOME SCIENCE COLLEGES

3. RAWE Objectives • To familiarise the students with socio economic conditions of rural community and develop right perspective and positive attitude towards it. • To develop interpersonal, group and mass communication skills in students • To endow the students with experience in programme planning and implementation of their respective fields of specialisation by conducting need based activities. • To interact and coordinate with grass root level functionaries of development programmes of Government and Non-Government organisation. • To develop confidence and competence among students for solving problems and make decisions.

4. List of HSc Colleges in SAUs

7. As per IV Deans Committee Duration of RAWE and In-plant training (weeks)

10. 15. Evaluation System

12. 10. In-plant Placement

14. 12. Stipend/Incentives

15. 13. Monitoring and supervision

17. 16. Feed back

18. From students • First hand experience for students to understand the rural life and conditions • Zeal to learn traditional/value addition rural skills • Difficult to contact farm women during day time due to their involvement in home and farm activities • Students need prior training in agriculture related technologies • Safe accommodation for girl students needed • All India Tour, RAWE and Industrial placement all in same Sem and the huge expenditure

19. Farm Families • Farm women learnt home science, agriculture and allied technologies • Students were viewed as role models by the adolescent girls and farm women • Rural folk got motivated to send their children for higher education. • Exposure trainings were beneficial for SHGs, Youth organizations • The programme should be continued through out the year.

20. Development departments • Anganawadies of the villages were benefitted by the students activities. • School children and teachers appreciated the programmes and projects organised by the students • Banks, Panchayats, Co-operative societies, Health dept. and NGOs of the villages were happy for linking with villagers • Updating of knowledge & skills

21. Host institutions (Placement institutions/ industries) • Opportunity for hands on training • Job creators than seekers • Highlighted the success stories of the farm families through media • Students possess theoretical knowledge; needs practical orientation • Need to increase the duration of placement • Meghalaya - problems due geopolitical issues and frequent bandh.

22. Faculty • Students developed dignity of labour and confidence • Duration for skill development needs to be increased • Co-operation needed by development departments • Allotment of vehicle was essential exclusively for RAWE • Private sectors and organisations/units and practitioners are not positive towards accommodating student trainees • RAWE guide lines should be clear and common for all Home Science colleges • No incentives for being a group teacher; teachers should be selected based on course load; TA DA not separately ear marked

23. 17. Important innovations/technologies introduced as part of RAWE • Low cost nutritious value added products for health security • Low cost play materials for all round development of children • Drudgery reducing and income generating technologies • Care and construction of clothing • Nutrition and child care information provided to the farming community. • Dry flower making

24. 18. Impact of RAWE on the Partners

25. Students • Good exposure to village situation • Exposure to rural traditions and customs • Learn the indigenous traditional practices and remedies, • Acquired skills of group dynamics and leadership. • Learnt dignity of labour

26. Farming Families • Exposure to new skills and techniques of income generating activities • Awareness of Government developmental programmes, social evils, consumerism, • Introduced the concept of small family norms and rights of the girl child

27. Development Departments • Provided good opportunity for transfer of technology • Helped to interact with home scientists and other experts • Got the real concept of education and training facilities available in SAUs

28. SHGs/Local institutions • Leadership qualities and self esteem of the farm women has been improved • Objectives of the local institutions were achieved easily and effectively • Farmer/farmwomen of SHGs have become empowered • Entrepreneurship developed

29. Suggestions for improvement • Provision should be made to meet the expenses of students towards stay, fees of placement institutions and conveyance • Basic facilities including health, security and transport are very essential for successful RAWE • Uniformity in evaluation • All programs incurring huge expenditure not be included in the same semester • Need based interventions be planned

30. Points for discussion • Arriving at common RAWE program which would include the duration, credits, grading • Attachment to KVKs, RSKs, ARS • Common syllabus • Improving the financial position of students