Constraints faced by trainees and resource persons during virtual training programme on poultry production management

Abstract

There are many virtual platforms for teaching and distance learning exist and being used but after occurrence of Covid -19, these online platforms got sudden rise. Teachers and students used these virtual platforms to cope up with situation aroused of Covid -19. Most of the resource persons and learners (students, farmers, and youths) used them first time and they were not familiar with this methodology hence they are bound to face certain constraints while using this methodology. The present study was conducted to identify constraints faced by trainees and resource persons during virtual training programmes on poultry production management and other virtual activities. Structured questionnaire (Google form) was developed and sent to 220 successful trainees of different training programmes and out of that, only 143 trainees had responded and on the other hand, 18 resource persons responded. The results revealed that major constraint reported by trainees was “lack of operational (practical) knowledge” (I Rank) as trainees cannot see practical physically followed by “power failure, poor and interrupted data connectivity” (II Rank), “high cost of data (recharge) for internet connectivity” (III Rank), Various constraints were also faced by resource persons viz; poor and interrupted internet connectivity, noise by participants during lecture due to unmute again and again. Conclusively the constraints are related to communication technology and infrastructure, which can be resolved by developing or improving infrastructure and frequent use of virtual platforms.