Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Substance Abuse among Students of Class IX of Green Park Sikshasadan High School, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Abstract

Pre experimental study based on one group pretest posttest design was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching program on knowledge regarding prevention of substance abuse among class IX students of Green Park Siksha Sadan high school, Kamalgazi, Kolkata, and West Bengal before and after the teaching program. The conceptual framework adapted was based on System model. Experimental group had 80 students who received teaching program and were selected by probability simple random sampling. Validated structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The result revealed that in experimental group mean knowledge score of the students increase from 30.025 to 35.775 [‘t’=18.80 (df 79 = 1.99), p < 0.05]. Hence it was evident that the teaching was effective on prevention of substance abuse among classes IX students. Based on the study findings, the recommendation were made for a study on a large sample and different setting.