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Subject: Agricultural Extension Education × Author: Khatik, Prem Shanker × End date: 2009 × Start date: 2004 × Type: Thesis ×
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    A study on effectiveness of trainings organized by Sameti- Uttarakhand
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2008-06) Khatik, Prem Shanker; Shamsul Hasan
    People are the most valuable resources of any country. Since last century it has been found that capacity building of human being is conceptualized as new strategy in agriculture science. Development of agriculture depends upon the quality and quantity of working personnel at all level but most important level at extension worker because effectiveness of agriculture and rural development programmes depend upon the performance of extension personnel. The pace of development can be expedited if human resources are developed and utilized properly. Training is a main force for enhancing human resource development. So training of extension personnel plays an integral part of agricultural development. The present study was conducted at SAMETI􀂲Uttarakhand, which is located at Directorate of Extension Education, Govind Ballabh Pant university of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, U.S. Nagar. In view of the importance, study was confined to the market led extension in SAMETI􀂲 Uttarakhand. 34 trainees were selected as respondents for study. The personal and professional characteristics were studied with the variables including Age, Education, and Designation, Service experience (total service experience and service experience on present post), Trainings received (Number of training and total duration of training), Job Satisfaction and family background. The trainees reaction were studied on performance of training on different dimensions viz. Trainer􀂷s interaction, Content utility in present scenario, Trainer􀂷s quality on topics, Topic covering capacity of trainer, Boarding and lodging facility, Nature of training programme organization and arrangement. For more valuable study, observation techniques were also used. After analyzing the personal and professional characteristics of respondents, it was found that maximum number of respondents belonged to middle age group, graduates, having medium level of work experience, belonged to rural background and moderately satisfied with their job. After training, considerable gain in knowledge was found in young age group. The significance of correlation coefficient was tested at .05 and .01 levels of significance. Trainees were satisfied with trainers. Teaching methodology and training duration were rated poor by trainees.