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TRAINING FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Training is a powerful tool in the hands of development professional to catalyse


human resources. Extension education puts emphasis on developing the quality of life
of people in rural areas by strengthening local leadership, self-reliance and effective use
of indigenous resources. It is here that training can be of immerse help. Training of
farmers, leaders and extension personnel is needed on continuous basis.

Training:
Training means to educate a person so as to be fitted, qualified, proficient in
doing some job. For an extension worker training includes education which aims at
bringing a desirable change in the behaviour of trainee or learner. This change may be
in his knowledge, skill, attitude, values, beliefs and understandings.

Training has been defined by Milton Hall as “the process of aiding an individual to
gain effectiveness in his present or future work through the development of appropriate
habits of thought and action, skills, knowledge and attitude.

Types of Training:
According to different stages in the career span of extension personnel, there are
mainly three types of training viz., pre-service, induction and in-service training.

Pre-service Training
As the name indicates, this is a type of training conducted prior to entry in the
job. Thus, this is a type of professional training which prepares a person for job.
It includes university or college education after which a person is considered eligible for
a job. There is direct link between the curriculum of pre-service training and nature of
job to the performed.

Induction Training
This is a training given to entrant soon after appoinment in order to familiarise
him with the philosophy of organisation, procedure of day-to-day work and code of
conduct. This is quite practical and related with particular job position. Good induction
training is helpful reducing initial stress about performance and acquainting the
incumbent with resources and skills required to perform effectively.

In-service Training
It includes all types of training during the service span of a person in the
organisation. It is aimed to fill specific gaps at different points of time in career. This covers
refresher training, overseas training, training for acquiring professional qualification etc.
In-service training should ideally be practical-focussed, research-based and need-based.

Higher training
Higher training is becoming very popular now-a-days. It is provided as a sort of
incentive for the good workers. It helps in professional development and improves the
promotional chances. It is a long-duration training leading to some diploma or degree.

Importance and need for training


The production and productivity of crops, animal products etc. are continued to
be the lowest in India, when compared to other countries. This is largely because of the
adoption gap. There is a wide gap between the technologies generated and used. Local
resources including human resources are not effectively and fully used when the
Department of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu has fixed the target of paddy yield for the year
1993-94 as 10 tonnes per hectare the average yield was about 6 tonnes per hectare
only. In the yield competition farers have harvested about 20 tonnes per hectare. This
clearly indicated that farmers have the capacity to produce more technologies to
increase the production are available. This difference indicates the training requirement.
Training would improve the farmers skill, his intelligence and develop in him a desired
attitude to increase his farm production.

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