KNOWLEDGE OF SAAOs ON ICTs FOR EXTENSION SERVICES IN NILPHAMARI DISTRICT

Abstract

The purposes of the study were to determine and describe some selected characteristics of SAAOs, to determine the extent of knowledge on SAAOs on ICTs, and to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of SAAOs with their knowledge on SAAOs on ICTs. Data were collected from the SAAOs of four upazilas of Nilphamari district during 10 September 2018 to 8 October 2018. The sample size of the study was 70 and which was drawn from a population of 123 using multistage random sampling technique. A total 16 questions covering knowledge of SAAOs on ICTs. About three-fifths (57.14 percent) of the SAAOs had good knowledge compared to 22.86 percent poor and only 20.00 percent was good knowledge on ICTs. Among the nine selected characteristics of the SAAOs four characteristics namely; perception towards ICTs, effectiveness in using ICTs, scientific orientation and innovativeness showed significant and positive relationship but age and service experience showed significant and negative relationship with SAAOs knowledge on ICTs. On other hand the rest of the characteristics were failed to show any relationship with knowledge of the SAAOs.