Year: 2019 | Month: June | Volume 8 | Issue 2
Assessment of Efficacies of Different Skill Development Training Methods Organized by Rathindra KVK, Visva-Bharati
Abstract:
Training is one of the basic intellectual investment needed for Human Resource Development and as well as empowerment of a targeted clientele. Training as a systemic knowledge and skill enhancement and rejuvenation technique has been widely accepted by the Development Support Workers all over the world from very ancient times. However, the efficacy of any Training Programme depends on a multiple of factors both intrinsic and extrinsic in nature. The Training Methods refer to a combination of various instructional media used for conducting the Training to achieve the learning objective efficiently and effectively. The selection of suitable Training Methods is largely influenced by the Training Objectives, Subject Matter handled, participants’ nature, resources availability such as Time, Location and Budget, Organizational considerations and Trainers’ capability. The choice of the Training Method will also depend upon whether the Training is intended to develop a general or specific level of knowledge and skill. The participants’ learning style, their experience and size of the group are also some of the factors that are to be kept in mind while deciding upon the Training Methods. Keeping this background in mind, the present author and Scientist of the Rathindra Krishi Vigyan Kendra has decided to evaluate the efficacy of different Training Methods for Skill Development Trainings organized by the Kendra in two consecutive years i.e. 2016-17 and 2017-18. Here, this will be relevant to mention that the Rathindra KVK itself utilizes various Training Methodologies in its skill development training programmes. So, evaluating the efficacy of various Training Methods is in dire need. This becomes more of importance as the selection of appropriate Training Methods is important for an effective learning of the targeted Trainees. The selected trainees are from the same Category i.e. Scheduled Tribe (ST) and marginal farmers. Six Groups of the selected Trainees, each of 10 (Ten) farmers in numbers have undergone the six different types of Training Methodology viz. (i) Lecture Method; (ii) Group Discussion Method; (iii) Case Study Method; (iv) Field Visits Method; (v) Demonstration Method and (vi) Experiential Learning Method on the same Skill Development Training Topic and Training programme i.e. High Value Winter Vegetable Cultivation in the Financial Years of 2016-17 and 2017-18. The Trainee farmers ranked the Training Methods according to their own perception on various aspects of performance indicators of different training methods. In both the above mentioned Years, the Experiential Learning Training Method holds the First Rank in all the Performance Indicator Parameters as well as in the overall performance for assessing the efficacy of the different Training methods distantly followed by Demonstration Method and Field Visit Method in the second and third places respectively. The Experiential training Method may be the most appropriate Training Method for Skill Development Training because it provides a kind of experience which may easily lead participant trainees from the point of participation to reflection, draw conclusion and identify application points through hands-on approach.
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