A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF SCHOOL ACCIDENTS AMONG STUDENTS IN SELECTED HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL AT TUMKUR

Objectives: 1 To assess the pre test and post test knowledge regarding prevention of school accidents among students in selected higher primary school at Tumkur. 2 To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme by comparing the pre test and post test knowledge scores regarding prevention of school accidents among the students in selected higher primary school at Tumkur. 3 To find out association between the knowledge scores regarding prevention of school accidents among the students with their selected demographic variables. Methodology: The research approach used for the study was one group pre test post test design. The subject selected for the study was higher primary school students. The sample consisted of 60 students studying in Shridevi group of institution at Tumkur. The study participant was selected by random sampling technique. Results: post- test knowledge score (81.26%) was higher than the mean percentage pre –test knowledge score (42.38%). The mean post-test knowledge score (27.63%) is higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (14.41%) The obtained ‘t’ value (5.526%) was found to be greater than the tabled value (<0.05 level of significance) indicating that the structured teaching programme was an effective method of increasing the knowledge of Higher primary school students regarding Prevention of school accidents. Conclusion: Education is the key component to update and improve the knowledge of an individual. In the present scenario, knowledge prevention of school accident. Hence, there is a dire need to include these components into present curriculum prescribed by INC. It is the responsibility of students to take themselves. Hence, to excel in this strategy students need to be well equipped with enormous amount of knowledge that will protect them from injury.