Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)

Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools and techniques were widely used to diagnose the current situation such as farming systems, health and health facilities, hygiene and sanitation, gender analysis livelihoods etc. PRA presented to the world a problem-solving approach through a bottom-up approach of diagnosis of problems and suggestions of solution with the participation of people.

PRA Certificate course would provide ample opportunities to experience rural life. The course will give space to cultivate the art of need assessment or problem identification.

Course Objectives

• Learn the process of PRA and develop peoples’ skills
• Imbibe the skills for need assessment and problem identification
• Develop skills for project development

Duration: 50 hours

Eligibility

Candidates who have a bachelor’s degree in any field with a minimum of 45% of marks will be eligible, for the admission to this certification course. The admission is open to all the third-semester students pursuing their post-graduate programmes and research scholars of Loyola College.

Syllabus

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