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Improvement of Socio-personal Traits of Youth Through Training from Youth Training Centre

M.M. Rashid
Basic Science, Dinajpur Government Veterinary College, Dinajpur

M.A. Kashem
Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education, BAU, Mymensingh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of improvement of personal and socio-economic traits of youth due to their training from the Youth Training Centre (YTC) of Mymensingh. The study also explored the relationships of fifteen selected characteristics of the youth with their improvement of personal and socioeconomic traits as a consequence of receiving training. Improvement Index (11) was developed [0 measure each of the 8 aspects of improvement. The Improvement index ranged from 33 to 205 against the possible range of 0 to 412. Out of 8, top 3 aspects of improvement were: (i) increase of advice giving abrlir, (333), (ii) increase of public contact (323) and (iii) increase of popularity (317). Overall improvement due to receiving training indicated that the highest proportion (55.33%) of the trained youths were found in medium improvement category v, hi lc 19.41% were found in low and 25.24% in high improvement category. Tile result of correlation analysis revealed that among the fifteen selected characteristics ot the trained youth agricultural knowledge. participation in agricultural and community activities, family farm size, organizational participation, non-localite behaviour. contact with communication sources, political mindedness and self-confidence had positive significant relationship with improvement of personal and socio-economic traits. Stepwise regression analysis indicated that out of fifteen independent variables two variables such as contact with communication sources and agricultural knowledge collectively explained 50.2% variation in improvement of personal and socioeconomic traits due to receiving training from YTC.

Keywords: Youth, training, improvement, personal and socio-economic traits

Location: Youth Training Centre (YTC) of Mymensingh

Start Date: 01-03-2004

End Date: 31-03-2004

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Non-commodity: Database Management

Objectives:

1. To ascertain the extent of improvement of personal and socio-economic traits of trained youth due to their training from YTC, Myrnensingh and 2. To explore the relationship of the selected characteristics of the youth with their improvement of personal and socio- economic traits due to their training from the YTC of Mymensingh.

Methodology:

The research was conducted at different places of Mymensingh district from where trainees came to the youth Training Center, Shikarikanda, Mymensingh. The trained rural youth particularly of Mymensingh district from batch no. 24 to batch no. 37 at Youth Training Center. Shikaricanda, Mymensingh were the population of this study. The numbers of such trained youth of Mymensingh district were 686. Data were, however, collected from sample rather than population. To decide upon the sample 15 percent trained youth were randomly selected from a population of 685 trained youth. Thus, 103 trained youth constituted the sample. The data of this study were collected through interview schedule in March 2004. Improvement of personal and socio- economic traits of Youth due to their training from the YTC of Mymensingh was the dependent variable of this study.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Extension Education, Volume 16, No.2, 2004:99-105 ; ISSN 1011-3916

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Achievement/Findings:

The study explored that aspects related to personal traits were improved more compared to the aspects related to socio- economic traits. This implies that aspects related to economic support was not improved as expected. Increase of possibi- lities of getting job increase of family assets and increase of income were the least improved aspects. Agricultural knowledge, participation in agricultural and community activities, family farm size, organizational participation, non-localite behavior, contact with communication sources, political mindedness and self-confidence seemed to be important in improvement of personal and socio-economic traits. Increasing contact with communication sources and enough training exposure to increase agricultural knowledge deserves highest attention for improving personal and socio-economic traits of the trained youth.

Knowledge Management: Journal