ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PAMETI TRAININGS ON EXTENSION PERSONNEL’S KNOWLEDGE IN PUNJAB STATE

The current study named “Assessing the Effectiveness of PAMETI Trainings on Extension Personnel’s Knowledge in Punjab State” was performed with the objective to find the knowledge level of extension personnel who attended training programmes. The Study was conducted in Punjab Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (PAMETI), Ludhiana, Punjab. The sample consists of trainees from various competency development training programmes organised by PAMETI in 2017–2018. In total 5 trainings on communication skill, crop residue management, fertilizer quality control, ICT and human research development and 24 trainees from each training were selected by purposive and random sampling respectively. Total 120 trainees from PAMETI were taken for the study. With the assistance of a specifically created interview schedule, the data was directly gathered from the trainees. Most of the trainees had high level of knowledge in communication skill (41.67%) and fertilizer quality control (45.84%),whereas the trainees attaining training in crop residue management (54.17%), human resource development (45.84%) and information and communication technology (45.83%) had moderate level of knowledge. The training programmes conducted by PAMETI created significant differences in knowledge in case of communication skill, crop residue management, fertilizer quality control, human resource development, and information and communication technology between trainees and non-trainees.