Loading...
Theses
Browse
1 results
Search Results
ThesisItem Open Access Attitude and knowledge of extension personnel and trainers regarding facilitation- a study under agricultural technology management agencies in Uttarakhand(G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2008-09) Barman, Utpal; Kumar, B.In order to meet the changing situation of agriculture in the face of globalization, fiscal deficit etc. India has introduced group approach of extension through Agricultural Technology Management Agencies (ATMAs). Under ATMA extension personnel’s role is to act as a facilitator. Trainers of State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) have to play major role as facilitators for capacity building of extension functionaries under ATMA. For that purpose we need research based information for developing facilitators. Keeping this in view, the present investigation was undertaken in the state of Uttarkhand with two types of respondents- one was extension personnel and other one was trainers of SAU. For the study six knowledge tests and two attitude test were constructed. The study revealed that majority of extension personnel and trainers belonged to the age group of 36 to 50 years. Maximum of extension personnel had graduate (professional) degree. In case of trainers majority of them had doctoral degree. Majority of extension personnel and trainers had 10 to 25 years of service experience. It was found that majority of the extension personnel attended more than four number of training during last five years. In case of trainers, maximum of them had attended more than three number of training during last five years. Majority of extension personnel and trainers had moderate level of achievement motivation. Majority of extension personnel and trainers had medium level of ‘job value Cherished’, motivational profile’ and ‘organisational climate’. Majority of extension personnel and trainers were ‘satisfied’ with their job. As regards to knowledge on andragogy, majority of the extension personnel and trainers had medium level of knowledge. In case of knowledge on group dynamics almost half of the extension personnel had high level of knowledge. Most trainers also had high level of knowledge on group dynamics. It is found that majority of extension personnel and trainers had moderately favourable attitude towards facilitation. It was revealed that most of the extension personnel had low level of knowledge on facilitation. In case of trainers, majority of them had medium level of knowledge on facilitation. Attitude of extension personnel towards facilitation had negative and significant correlations with ‘age’ and ‘service experience’. There were positive and significant correlations between attitude of extension personnel and their educational qualification, knowledge on andragogy and group dynamics. It was found that age and service experience had negative but significant relationship with knowledge level of extension personnel on facilitation. Positive and significant correlations were observed between educational qualification, knowledge on andrgogy and group dynamics and knowledge of extension personnel on facilitation. The study revealed that there was a positive and significant correlation between trainers’ knowledge on facilitation and training received during last five years’. There were positive and significant correlation between ‘achievement motivation’, ‘job value cherished’, ‘job satisfaction’ and trainers’ knowledge on facilitation. The study also revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between knowledge of andragogy and knowledge on facilitation of trainers.
