GAP ANALYSIS OF PROFESSIONAL SOFT SKILLS AMONG GIRL STUDENTS OF AGRICULTURE FACULTY OF ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
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2014
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AAU, Anand
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As attitudes, expectations and employment in agriculture have changed, there is evidence that the skills and competencies of graduates do not meet the needs of today’s agricultural sector. The ‘new professional’ should, for example, be better able to work across different disciplines and in partnership with different stakeholders, understand the value chain and potential for profit and entrepreneurship at different stages. With increased attention to holistic and multi-disciplinary approaches to addressing challenges, agricultural professionals are expected to be able to integrate knowledge and practices from outside of their discipline and work within the multi-functionality of agriculture. As we move away from ‘business as usual’ we must integrate this new way of thinking into educational institutions and agricultural curricula. Realizing the significant role of agriculture graduates and postgraduate research scholars in the development of agriculture and economy of the country, a study on “GAP ANALYSIS OF PROFESSIONAL SOFT SKILLS AMONG GIRL STUDENTS OF AGRICULTURE FACULTY OF ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY” was thought to be undertaken with the following objectives:
1. To study the profile of girl students of agriculture faculty of Anand Agricultural University.
2. To find out the gap of professional soft skills among the girl students.
3. To find out the relationship between profile of the girl students and their overall professional soft skills gap.
4. To collect opinion of the girl students regarding innovative ideas of teaching for developing professional soft skills.
5. To collect views of girl students regarding innovative ideas of learning for developing professional soft skills.
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Agriculture, Extension Education, analysis