Factors Affecting Training Effectiveness of Extension Personnel in PAMETI, Punjab

Jyotishree Anshuman; Rupinder Kaur; Vipan Kumar Rampal; Debi Kalyan Jayasingh

doi:10.48165/IJEE.2024.60413

Authors

Jyotishree Anshuman Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, India
Rupinder Kaur Directorate of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Vipan Kumar Rampal Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India
Debi Kalyan Jayasingh Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. PIN-751003 https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9090-0559

https://doi.org/10.48165/IJEE.2024.60413

Keywords:

training, training effectiveness, extension professional, factors, regression, correlation

Abstract

This study was executed for identifying the key factors that impact the effectiveness of training programs under the aegis of ex-post facto research design in 2023-24 timeline. The sample comprised trainees participating in a range of competency development training programs organized by the “Punjab Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute” (PAMETI) during 2017–2018. Five training programs were selected in total with 24 trainees from each program chosen through random sampling constituting the sample of 120 respondents.Majority of trainees were predominantly perceived to fall within the moderate category regarding training effectiveness. Factors accounted for 64.38% of the variation in training effectiveness among the trainees. Achievement motivation, job performance and satisfaction, self-attitude and mass media exposure of trainees were found to substantially influence the variation in training effectiveness.

Author Biographies

Jyotishree Anshuman, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, India

PhD Scholar, Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education, OUAT, India
Rupinder Kaur, Directorate of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Professor, Directorate of Extension Education, PAU Ludhiana
Vipan Kumar Rampal, Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India

Associate Director (Trg.), KVK-Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India
Debi Kalyan Jayasingh, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. PIN-751003

PhD Scholar, Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education

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