EFFECTS OF INTERNET UTILIZATION ON OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF MALE AND FEMALE SDAU STUDENTS

MOHMMAD YUNUS¹*, A.S. SHEIKH^2
1 B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat
²Department Department of Veterinary Extension Education, CVSAH, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, S.K.Nagar, 385506
* Corresponding Author : mohmmad_yunus@yahoo.com

Received : 12-03-2016     Accepted : 20-04-2016     Published : 14-07-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 24       Pages : 1481 - 1484
Int J Agr Sci 8.24 (2016):1481-1484

Keywords : Internet, Utilization Behaviour, Effects, Academic and Non-academic performance, Agricultural University
Academic Editor : U Vijaya Bhaskarar Reddy, Kishor Dhanpal Gharde, M. M. Nageswara Rao, Basu S.
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The present study was conducted in Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, by personally interviewing the randomly selected 100 internet-utilizing students from Chimanbhai Patel College of Agriculture and 100 internet-utilizing students from College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry. For measuring the effect of internet utilization on overall performance of the SDAU students, an interview schedule was developed by the investigator in light of the expert’s suggestion. The finding reveal that among the different academic performances the boys SDAU students (MPS 96.29) perceived the most important effect on their academic performance by the attribute ‘Internet facilitates saving in terms of time and energy looking for information’ at top priority whereas the girls SDAU students (MPS 95.00) perceived the most important effect on their academic performance by the attribute ‘Internet facilities to retrieve latest information through number of sources found’ at top priority. There is no significant difference between the internet-utilizing boys and girls SDAU students in perceiving the effect of different attributes of internet on their academic performances. It was further found that among the different non academic performances the ‘Internet use has increased the dependency on internet’ was perceived as the most important effect non-academic performance at top priority by both boys (MPS 81.43) and girls SDAU students (MPS 81.00). There is no significant difference between the internet-utilizing boys and girls SDAU students in perceiving the effect of different attributes of internet on their non-academic performances.