KNOWLEDGE AND USAGE PATTERN OF COMPUTER BY AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY AND TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

P. SHINDHE¹, N. RAJESHWARI²*, M. RAGINI³, B. JHANSI⁴, V. CHANDAWARI^5
1Department of Commerce, Govt. First Grade College, Hubli, 580032, Karnataka University, Dharwad, 580003, Karnataka, India
²rofessor and Head, Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
³Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
⁴Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
⁵Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
* Corresponding Author : rajeshwarinavaneeth@gmail.com

Received : 04-11-2022     Accepted : 27-11-2022     Published : 30-11-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 11       Pages : 11858 - 11861
Int J Agr Sci 14.11 (2022):11858-11861

Keywords : Knowledge on computers, Communication tools, Computer skill, Information and communications technologies
Academic Editor : Dr Prashant Shrivastava, Amit Anil Shahane, Dr Vijaya Lakshmi V, Dr Hemangi Mehta, Vikas Kumar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Computer is a useful tool to update the knowledge. A study was conducted in the year 2020-21 to assess the knowledge and usage pattern of computer by agricultural university and traditional university students. The study consists of self-administered close ended questionnaire survey. Google form was administered to agricultural and non agricultural students. The study was conducted for 120 students of which 60 belonged to agricultural University and 60 belong to traditional University. In the selected samples, a large majority of the respondents (96.67%) of agricultural university students and majority 60.00 per cent of traditional University students had knowledge about computers and they were introduced to improve the quality of life, make work easier and faster. More than half (58.88 per cent) of the agricultural University students and 53.33 per cent of traditional University students had computer classes at school respectively, on an average of 80.00 per cent of agricultural university and traditional university students belonged to age group of 18-20 years. With respect to overall medium of instruction majority 76.66 per cent knew to speak English and 29.16 per cent knew to speak Kannada. However, 88.89 per cent of agricultural university students and 90.00 per cent of traditional university students had knowledge about output devices (Printer and Monitor). Majority 75.56 per cent of agricultural university students and 83.33 per cent of traditional university students had knowledge on MS word which is used for typing. Majority 63.33 per cent of agricultural university students and 43.33 per cent of traditional university students had knowledge regarding information that can be stored in Floppy, Scanner and Monitor

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