A STUDY ON ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING NEEDS OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICERS WORKING UNDER T & V SYSTEM IN ORISS
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A STUDY ON ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING NEEDS OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICERS WORKING UNDER T & V SYSTEM IN ORISS
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SATYANARAYAN MISHRA
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NARSIMHA REDDY, M
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A STUDY, ASSESSMENT, TRAINING NEEDS , AGRICULTURAL, EXTENSION, OFFICERS, WORKING, UNDER, SYSTEM, ORISS
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Training is the most important input for human resource development, which upgrades the professional capability of an extension personnal. It is the integral part of T & V system of agricultural extension, in which there are various special periodic training programmes in addition to the regular inbuilt training of the staff through fortnightly and monthly workshops. Systematic assessment of training needs of extension personnel is very important to make the training programmes successful and to prevent the waste of human and material investment. Agricultural Extension Officers are in a crucial position in the T & V system and they are the main link between researchers and farmers. To increase their efficiency, training is a must which should be invariably preceeded by assessment of their actual training needs. The present study has been designed to assess the training needs of the AEOs working under the T & V system in Orissa following the ex-post-facto research design. This study was conducted in three revenue districts) randomly selecting one from each revenue division. The sample comprised of 125 respondents which include 50 AEOs, 25 SMSs and 50 VAWs. The data was collected by personal interview schedule and analysed by using appropriate statistical methods. Some of the important findings of the study are as follows. 1. Majority of the respondents belonging to middle age group, and graduates in agriculture, had experience of 5 to 20 years, undergone training in more than one subject for mor~ than one week period, had medium rural orientation, medium exposure to massmedia hnd technical/professional literature, and had medium interpersonal contact. Most of them had membership in one organisation. 2. Majority of the AEOs (68% and 72%) belonged to medium category with respect of their knowledge and skill training needs respectively. 3. Out of various need items in both knowledge and skill training needs categories, all the three levels of respondents preferred that AEOs require more training in plant Protection, Preparation of Production Plan, audiovisual aids, communication methods and techniques and administrative procedures involving both knowledge and skill aspects. 4. Significant associations were found among the AEOs, SMSs and VAWs in assessment of training needs of AEOs. 5. Correlation analysis indicated that only variable massmedia exposure was found to be significantly related with both knowledge and skill training needs. 6. Common dents suggestions given by the three levels of responto satisfy the training needs of AEOs were as follows. More practical oriented trainings should be imparted to the AEOs in field situation. Special training should be imparted on plant protection, communication techniques, and administration and audio-visual aids should be used in training programmes. 7. Based on the identified needs and suggestions of the respondents a strategy was framed which highlights that, infrastructural facilities should be developed for training, orientation and re-orientation training for the AEOs at regular interval training for the trainers to improve their efficiency and study tours for the AE~ . In view of the above findings, the administrators and planners of State Department of Agriculture are to be very keen enough to train not only to the AEOs, but also all the extension functionaries involved in T & V system, assessing their actual training needs, so that they will be able to discharge their duties effectively. |
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2016-08-18T14:52:58Z
2016-08-18T14:52:58Z 1991 |
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Thesis
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ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERA8AD
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/72913 |
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en
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application/pdf
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