Constraints faced by students undergoing Agriculture polytechnic programme

Abstract

The present study was conducted under the jurisdiction of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri University as all Agriculture polytechnics in Maharashtra are under this university. There are total thirteen Agriculture polytechnic under Mahatma Phule
Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri University. All thirteen Agriculture polytechnics were selected for the study. From each Agriculture Polytechnic ten students were selected. Thus, total 130 respondent students were selected for the study. The design used for the study was Expost facto research design. The data was collected by personal interview of Agriculture polytechnic students using interview schedule which was pre-tested. The collected data then analyzed by using statistical tools such as frequency and percentage. The major constraints faced by agriculture polytechnic students were structured career counselling is not available followed by the constraint, syllabus is very tough, there are too many courses per semester, proper library facilities are not available, National Cadet Corps (NCC) programme is not available, computer lab facilities are not proper, hostel facilities are very poor, guest lectures are not available, educational tours are very less, medical facilities are not available. The suggestions given by Agriculture polytechnic students were structured career counselling should be made available, courses should be more of fundamental type in first year, number of courses should be decreased per semester, library facility should be improved, NCC (National Cadet Corps) programme should be made available, computer lab facilities should be improved, hostel facilities should be better, guest lectures should be conducted occasionally, educational tours should be more, medical facilities should be made available.