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Demographic variables have often been researched among employees to increase training effectiveness by targeting specific group intervention. Nowadays, the organization of training has been widely spread; in which, training is also offered among other types of participants, such as school students, university students, and the society. However, research focusing on demographic variables affecting training effectiveness among school students is limited; hence the purpose of this research was to determine the effect of demographic variables on training effectiveness among school students. A face-to-face training related to communication competencies was organized among primary school students in a Malaysian government school using a pre-experimental study; in which, a total of 32 school students aged 10 to 12 years old were involved in this study. Data were analyzed using paired sample t-test, independent sample t-test, and one-way ANOVA. Findings indicated that only gender was a significant demographic variable affecting training effectiveness with large effect size; however, other demographic variables including age, race, religion, family income, and experience attending similar training were insignificant variables affecting training effectiveness. This implies that gender is an important demographic variable affecting training effectiveness among school students.
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