Professional development of teachers is essential for qualitative improvement of any system of higher education. Professional development is concerned with enhancement of knowledge and skill of the teachers. Teachers face a widening range of demands and roles. National governments, international organizations and specific circumstances continually set new goals. Al...

Training is crucial and continuous input for agricultural development. ‘Training of Trainers’ is of paramount importance in improving the quality of agriculture and rural development in the wake of globalisation and WTO regime. Keeping this in view, the present investigation was undertaken in the state of Uttarakhand. The study revealed that majority of extension t...

Looking to the large number of KVK trainers in the country and need for basic minimum competence in trainers’ skill, distance learning can be viable option for filling the gap. Now, SAUs are also being equipped with ICTs infrastructure and opportunities to provide courses through distance learning. Analytical research design was used for conducting the study, 43 KV...

Gender distinction is a common phenomenon in human society. It is used for studying the role of males and females in intra and inter household dynamics within a farming system. In India almost 66.8 percent of total workers are employed in agriculture and allied sectors. The proportion of women employed in this sector is 80.7 per cent compared to 62.7 per cent of me...