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Effectiveness of Professional Training of Sub Assistant Agriculture Officers

Md. Nur Alom Sarkar Mithun
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

Mohammad Jiaul Hoque
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

Md. Hammadur Rahman
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study attempted to determine the effectiveness of professional training of Sub Assistant Agriculture Officers (SAAOs) in four upazilas under Mymensingh district namely, Mymensingh sadar, Bhaluka, Trishal and Muktagachha. Data were collected from a sample of 80 skilled, experienced and trained SAAOs who were selected randomly among 139 SAAOs during 01 October to 07 November, 2018 by using a structured interview schedule. More than half of the SAAOs (51.25%) perceived professional training as highly effective, while 46.25% and 2.5% of them perceived training as medium and low effective, respectively. Among 27 training related activities, ‘training programs increased proficiency in work’ got an average maximum score of 2.44 and ‘transport facilities were provided’ got an average lowest score of 1.49. Among eleven selected characteristics: level of education, training received, social mobility, communication exposure, attitude of SAAOs towards DAE management and job satisfaction were significantly related to the effectiveness of professional training. The study revealed that there is an ample scope to increase the effectiveness of professional training of the SAAOs. It is therefore recommended that the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and other training providing organizations can offer more funds and attention to organize more related training to make the SAAOs more capable, self-confident and productive extension workers.

Keywords: Effectiveness, Professional training, Sub Assistant Agriculture Officers, Department of Agricultural Extension

Location: Mymensingh district of Bangladesh district namely, Mymensingh sadar, Bhaluka, Trishal and Muktagachha, Bangladesh

Start Date: 01-10-2018

End Date: 07-11-2018

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Commodity: Education

Objectives:

This research keeping in mind the following objectives: (i) to determine the effectiveness of professional training of the SAAOs; (ii) to describe the selected characteristics of the SAAOs; and (iii) to explore the relationships between the selected characteristics and the effectiveness of professional training of the SAAOs.

Methodology:

The study was conducted in four Upazilas (sub-districts) of Mymensingh district of Bangladesh district namely, Mymensingh sadar, Bhaluka, Trishal and Muktagachha. Most of these Upazilas are well communicated and familiar to the researcher. The Upazilas were chosen purposively as study area for obtaining a representative sample of the study. The choice was also based on an important concern of the availability of a good number of skilled, experienced and trained Sub Assistant Agriculture Officers (SAAOs). It was thus expected that conducting empirical research in those four Upazilas would be the best reflection of the real scenario of the study area. A total of 80 skilled, experienced and trained SAAOs (58% of total population) were selected purposively from a population of 139 SAAOs of the selected four upazilas. Data were collected with the help of a structured interview schedule during 01 October to 07 November, 2018. Effectiveness of professional training was the focus variable and ten selected characteristics of the SAAOs were selected as explanatory variables namely age, level of education, rural background, tenure of service, training received, social mobility, communication exposure, attitude of SAAOs towards DAE management, dedication to extension work (for farmers and DAE) and job satisfaction. Professional training is simply training that teaches skills relevant to working in a certain profession. The training course would ideally be taught by someone who is an expert in the field. The effectiveness of professional training was measured through securing opinion of the SAAOs based on 27 training related activities. In measuring effectiveness of professional training in this study, a 4-point rating scale was used which was slightly modified from the scale used by Divate (2016). Each SAAO was asked to indicate the extent of effectiveness of professional training by using a 4-point rating scale such as mostly effective (ME), effective in average (EA), some extent effective (SEE) and not effective (NE) and weights were assigned to these responses are 3, 2, 1 and 0, respectively. Thus, the extent of effectiveness score for a respondent could range from 0 to 81, where 0 indicates the lowest effectiveness score and 81 indicates the highest effectiveness score. Mean value of the effectiveness of professional training was calculated and on the basis of individual mean value a rank order of the effectiveness of professional training was prepared. For making rank order Effectiveness Score (ES) was also computed. The ES was computed by using the following formula:
ES = (N_me×3) + (N_ea×2) + (N_see×1) + (N_ne×0). Where, ES = Effectiveness, Score N_me = Number of SAAOs perceived training mostly effective, N_ea = Number of SAAOs perceived training effective in average, N_see = Number of SAAOs perceived training some extent effective, N_ne = Number of SAAOs perceived training not effective. Thus, the Effectiveness Score (ES) of individual training related activity could range from 0 to 240, where 0 indicating not effective at all and 240 indicating mostly effective professional training.

Source of Information: J Bangladesh Agril Univ 18(1): 189–193, 2020

Article Link (Online Journal): https://doi.org/10.5455/JBAU.94763

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Achievement/Findings:

The findings showed that more than half of the SAAOs (51.25%) perceived professional training as highly effective, while 46.25% and 2.5% of them perceived training as medium and low effective, respectively. The Sub Assistant Agriculture Officers (SAAOs) of the study area showed overall satisfactory perceptions regarding the effectiveness of professional training courses except a little bit poor perception regarding pre and post evaluation, post communication/follow up, transportation arrangement and refreshment facilities. The study revealed that there is an ample scope to increase the effectiveness of professional training of the SAAOs. It is therefore recommended that the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and other training providing organizations can offer more funds and attention to organize more related training in future to make the SAAOs more capable, self-confident and productive extension workers. In such case, it could be necessary to concentrate on the selected characteristics of the SAAOs such as level of education, training received, social mobility, communication exposure, attitude of SAAOs towards DAE management and job satisfaction.

Knowledge Management: Journal