Cooperative Education and Training in India with Information on Training Facilities Abroad

Abstract

Cooperative Education and training has been recognised from the very beginning as extremely important part of cooperative development. This is recognised not only by the movement but also by the governments which have been providing liberal financial assistance since long. However, the traditional education and training programme has to adapt to the growing needs of the cooperatives. The cooperatives are no more simple credit cooperatives which were there in the begining of the century. Along, with the small cooperatives today, we also have many very large cooperatives which run most modern industries with latest technology Cooperative education and training therefore has to match and fulfil the present needs of various levels and adopt itself accordingly.Cooperative education and training techniques have drastically changed in many parts of Asia and beyond, keeping in view the felt-needs of cooperatives. The social and economic values of the people at large and their outlook have changed considerably