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ASSESSMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN VEGETABLES GARDENING THROUGH DEMONSTRATION IN NORTHERN BANGLADESH (Pages : 10 - 15)

The study was carried out to assess the involvement of high school students in vegetables gardening through school gardening demonstration program in the Northern part of Bangladesh. The main objective of this program was to raise students’ awareness regarding the nutritional and economic benefits that can be gained through homestead gardening. The program aims to equip the students with both theoretical and practical knowledge so that they can apply the learning for better planning and management of their homestead gardens. Strengthening household’s Access to Bari Gardening (SHABGE) Project funded by DFID has been operating in northwest and southeast regions of Bangladesh with the goal to improving the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable rural households”. Beginning in January of 2001, the project introduced a ‘School Vegetable gardening Program’ that focuses largely on girls students. The study was conducted using Questionnaire through individual interview and the analysis was done through Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with School Programe Management Committee (SPMC) and Guardians. The result mainly showed that the enrollment of girls student increased drastically 99.6%, 94.5% and 77.6% in, B and C Category of school respectively. The study reveals that 34.5% students obtained above 80% marks, 46.5% marks obtained 50-80% marks while 19% marks obtained below 50% in post-test.Download