STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAINING PROGRAMME IMPARTED TO PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTION MEMBERS BY EXTENSION TRAINING CENTRE, JORHAT

M. MUDOI¹, P. MISHRA², D. SAIKIA³*
¹Department of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India
²Department of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India
³Department of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India
* Corresponding Author : dipanjalisaikia053@gmail.com

Received : 15-09-2019     Accepted : 26-09-2019     Published : 30-09-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 18       Pages : 9038 - 9041
Int J Agr Sci 11.18 (2019):9038-9041

Keywords : Training effectiveness, Extension Training Centre, PRI
Academic Editor : Dr Kamini Bisht
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study was conducted with a view to measure the effectiveness of training programmes conducted by Extension Training Centre, Jorhat. A purposive cum random sampling technique was followed for selection of total 120 nos. of respondents. Only 2 districts namely Jorhat and Golaghat were selected for the study. The findings of this study revealed that the effectiveness of training programmes in terms of perceived usefulness, knowledge gained and skill developed as a result of training programme, majority of the trainees (75.83%) opined that the training was moderately useful. On the other hand, 75.00 per cent trainees perceived that there was moderate gain in knowledge as result of the training programme and there were 77.50 per cent of the trainees perceived that the skill was moderately developed. As regards to findings of relational analysis revealed that the correlation of independent variables like age, experience in PRI system, decision making ability were positively and significantly correlated with training effectiveness.

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