Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 1

Employability of postgraduate scholars studying in agriculture Universities in Rajasthan

  • Author:
  • Jitendra Kumar1,*, F.L. Sharma2, S.S. Sisodia3, Narendra Kumar Choudhary1, Sumit Kumar Yadav1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Published Online: Mar 18, 2024
  • Page Number: 120 to 123

1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Extension Education, Rajasthan College of Agriculture (MPUAT), Udaipur, Rajasthan

2Professor, Department of Extension Education, Rajasthan College of Agriculture (MPUAT), Udaipur, Rajasthan

3Professor and Head, Department of Extension Education, Rajasthan College of Agriculture (MPUAT), Udaipur, Rajasthan

*Corresponding author email id: coa.jitendra@gmail.com

Online Published on 18 March, 2024.

Abstract

In simple terms employability is about capability of getting and keeping fulfilling work. The study was carried out selecting a random sample of 180 postgraduate scholars studying in first and second year M.Sc. (Agri.) at Agriculture Universities in Rajasthan. The study reveals that a great majority (80.55%) of the postgraduate scholars studying in higher agriculture education had medium to high level of overall employability. The level of employability was observed higher among those postgraduate scholars, who had better academic performance, highly educated father and higher degree of library exposure.

Keywords

Agriculture, Employability, Higher agriculture education, Postgraduate scholar