Assessment on the Job Competence of Extension Personnel Working in Agricultural Extension Service Systems in Telangana

Abstract

The main concern in human resource development in agricultural extension service systems is enhancing the performance of extension personnel. To improve their competence and effectiveness, it is essential to identify the key factors influencing their performance, along with assessing their level of job competence. The paper focuses on the job competence of extension personnel in three extension service systems in Telangana i.e., Public, Private and NGO extension service systems. Ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study with a total sample of one hundred and twenty-six extension personnel. From the analysis, it was found that majority of extension personnel from public extension service system i.e. 54.90 per cent of extension personnel had medium level of job competence, followed by high (25.50%) and low (19.60%) levels of job competence. Majority of extension personnel from private extension service system i.e. 46.66 per cent of extension personnel had medium level of job competence, followed by low (31.11%) and high (22.23%) levels of job competence. Majority of extension personnel from NGO extension service system i.e. 43.33 per cent had medium level of job competence, followed by low (30.00%) and high (26.67%) level of job competence. A unified training program module should be designed for extension personnel across all three extension service systems to improve the job competence of all stakeholders.