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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
In study on training needs of SMSs of KVKs of the State of Manipur, the following was observed, personal and psychological characteristics of the SMSs; on “Age”, the Middle Age portrayed the highest per cent (75.60%), followed by the Young Age with 15.50 per cent and lastly, the Old Age with the lowest per cent (8.90%).For the “Educational level”, M.Sc. (Ag.) level constituted 53.30 per cent followed by 44.40 per cent Ph.D. degree level and no PGDC holders. For the “Training exposure” the highest was the medium level with 82.22 per cent, on “Service experience” the highest per cent was in the medium level with 64.50 per cent. For “Attitude towards agriculture profession”, the attitude was favourable with 95.60 per cent. Job satisfaction was assessed and the maximum per cent was under satisfied (91.20 %). For Information seeking behaviour, the maximum respondents (57.80%) fell under medium category. For Information sharing behaviour, the medium category was the highest (57.80%) and lastly for “training needs” most SMSs were in the medium category (73.40%). From the data collected the overall training needs score (OTNS) was calculated. It was found that the most important training need in Soil Science was “Soil conservation and its importance”; in Horticulture, “Methods of fruit and vegetable preservation”; in Agronomy, “Crop rotation and its importance”; in Plant Pathology, “Methods of application of chemicals, preparation and dozes”; in Nematology, “Nematodes pest control in vegetables”; in Agricultural Extension, “Promotion of rural youth activities”, and in Agricultural Economics, “Marketing of agricultural produce”. To determine the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable, Spearman’s rank correlation analysis technique was used. “Attitude towards agriculture profession” was found to be positively correlated with the training needs (0.417**) at 0.01 per cent level of significance and “Training exposure”, was found to be negatively correlated with the training needs (-0.303*) at 0.05 per cent significance. The following independent variables were found to be having insignificant relationship with the training needs; “Age”, “Educational level”, “Service experience”, “Job satisfaction”, “Information seeking behaviour”, and “Information sharing behaviour.”
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