LAMBE, Dr. S. P.SONAWANE, VIVEK BHAGAVAT.2021-04-172021-04-172020-12-15SONAWANE, VIVEK BHAGAVAT. (2020). Utility perception of agriculture students towards rural awareness works experience programme. Department of Extension Education, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. M. Sc. 2020. Print. xiv, 89p. (Unpublished).https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810163556The present study was conducted in the constituent Colleges of Agriculture under jurisdiction of Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh krishi Vidyapeeth consisting of 2 constituent Agricultural colleges, i. e. College of Agriculture Akola, Dist-Akola and Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati. Dist- Amravati with a view to know the utility perception of students towards rural awareness work experience programme. All those Agriculture students who were registered for the final year (2019-20) were, purposively selected, from each selected Colleges and 120 samples selected through proportionate random sampling technique.The present study entitled “Utility perception of agriculture students towards rural awareness works experience programme” was conducted College of Agriculture Akola, Dist-Akola and Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati. Dist- Amravati. 1. To study the profile of RAWE students 2. To study the utility perception of agriculture students towards RAWE programme 3. To study the relationship between profile of RAWE students and their utility perception towards RAWE programme 4. To identify the constraints faced by the students during RAWE programme The present study was conducted mainly with the objective to study “Utility Perception of agriculture students towards rural awareness work experience programme.” The present investigation was conducted in two colleges of agriculture under Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. i.e. College of Agriculture, Akola and Shri Shivaji Agriculture College Amaravti, with a view to know the utility perception of agriculture students towards rural awareness work experience programme. Agriculture Students who were registered for the final year (2019-20) were, purposively selected. From each selected college 60 students were selected comprising a sample of 120, through proportionate random sampling technique. Exploratory research design was used for the study. The findings of present study observed that, majority (65%) of respondents were male. It was found that, majority (59.17 %) of the agriculture students were from rural background. It was observed that, more than half (59.17 %) of the respondent secured 7.50 to 8.49 cumulative grade point (CGPA) and secured first class. It was observed that, majority (40%) of the respondent’s family had belongs to college group. The majority (60.83%) of the student’s parental occupation was agriculture. Maximum (50%) of the respondents were from medium income group (Rs. 99961.14 to 240638.87/-). The data indicated that, 37.5 per cent participants had high aspiration level. It was observed that, majority (67.5 %) of participants had medium achievement motivation. It was observed that, majority (78.34 %) of participants had medium Participated in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The data revealed that, majority (54.17%) of the participants perceived medium utility of RAWE in terms of communication skill. The data revealed that, c. The data revealed that, majority (63.33%) of the participants perceived medium utility of RAWE in terms of socio-economic aspects. The data revealed that, majority (61.67%) of the participants perceived medium utility of RAWE in terms of agriculture extension activity. Overall utility perception of student towards RAWE programme: The data revealed that, majority (65.83%) of the participants perceived medium overall utility perception. The constraints as realized by the RAWE students were Problem in understanding the specific reasons for gap in adoption of recommended practices (98.33 %), Problems in conducting Participatory Rural (PRA) in village ( 85.83 %), Problems in organizing social awareness camp in the village (82.50 %), Problems in getting secondary data of village required for socio economic survey (72.50 %), Lack of interest by some of the host farmers (70.00 %), Unable to cover all the activities in given time due to lack of expert advice in villages (69.16 %), More than 80 per cent attendance is essential, however some students are sincere and some are not about the attendance during the programme (68.33 %), Unable to build rapport with farmers initially (63.33 %), Unsatisfactory accommodation facility (62.50 %), Don’t know what to do and how to do in the initial days of RAWE programme (59.16 %).EnglishThesis