• Ms.Ujma Pathan
• Dr.Sivasubramanian

INTRODUCTION: Road traffic injuries are tenth leading cause of death globally, responsible for around 1.3 million burden, the on general assembly declared a decade of action for road safety (2011- 2020) Recognizing the obstacle that road traffic injuries present to development effort, member states also included a specific target on road safety. In the 2003 agenda for sustainable development.Road safety is important for all road users. Every year more than one million people are injured in road accident in india. In recent years, the number of vehicles on road has increased, as has number of goods transported by road. This makes road safety even more important. METHOD AND MATERIAL: A study was conducted among 60 high schools students from 8th , 9th& 10th standard students studying at Visnagar.The sample were selected by using Probability simple random sampling technique. Date was collected by using the structured knowledge questionnaires. Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.RESULT:The study findings shows that the mean post-test knowledge score(18.21±3.89)was higher than the mean pre test knowledge score (7.58±4.52). The calculated ‘t’value (14.32) was greater than the table value (1.67) at 0.05 level of significance.There is significance association between post test knowledge score and selected demographic variable such as gender, source of information, does anyone met with an accident in your home.CONCLUSION: The overall knowledge of road traffic safety measures was high school students among the study participants, So need to continuous reinforcement and reminding can bring the positive changes among students

Knowledge, Road traffic safety, high schools students

"EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY AMONG SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS OF VISNAGAR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no.c785-c788, August-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108349.pdf

"EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY AMONG SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS OF VISNAGAR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no. ppc785-c788, August-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108349.pdf