Constraints in using of information and communication technologies by faculty members of state agricultural university

Introduction

As the world's current population will rises from 7.4 to 9.1 billion by 2050, food production will need to increase over this similar time. Therefore, to address agricultural difficulties i.e. satisfying the information needs of farmers in emerging nations and more effective extension services are required. In these situations, ICTs can help to speed up the dissemination of agricultural technologies and innovation from research and development organizations to farmers (World Bank, 2011) [14] . The ability to access and utilize information sources are prerequisite for improved targeting of extension, agricultural programmes and consulting services that promote information sharing and dissemination in the communities (Nain et. al., 2015) [7] . ICT also play a critical role in teaching and research to increase professional capacity building among professionals. Teaching profession is shifting away from teacher-centered, lecture-based training and toward studentcentered, interactive learning environments. ICT can be employed as an instructive, communicative, and situational instrument in the educational process (Malik, 2019) [5] . It is found that use of e-learning for educational purposes provides significant advantages over traditional learning (Seoud et. al., 2014) [12] . The current use of ICTs in teaching, research and extension can be increase to assess their usefulness. Simultaneously ICTs are challenge to teachers, researchers and extension specialists in terms of subject specific, technical and proper utilization in agricultural field. Keeping in view the above facts, the present study carried out to delineate the constraints faced by faculty of CCSHAU in using ICTs.

Materials and Methods

Locale of study: The study was carried out at CCSHAU, Hisar. It is one of Asia's largest agricultural universities located at 29.14N and 75.70E Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. Tools for Data Collection: The data was selected with the help of questionnaire/goggle form especially prepared for the study. Moreover, respondents were informed also about the purpose of the study to take them into the confidence. They were assured that the information collected will be used only for research purpose and their response and privacy will not be public in any manner Analysis of Data: The data was tabulated, analyzed and interpreted keeping in view the objectives of the study. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) tool was used for analysis of the collected data.

Constraints Faced by the Respondents in the using of ICTs Personal constraints faced in using of ICTs

The table 1 shows that time management related to use of ICTs was found major constraint ranked first with highest weighted mean score (WMS) 1.70, followed by shortage of time to spend on ICTs ranked second with WMS (1.64) and lack of expertise about the ICTs ranked third with WMS (1.56). However, not-user friendly programs and software and lack of confidence to use ICTs ranked fourth and fifth with WMS 1.47 and 1.43, respectively. The results may be due to the fact that most of the faculty members in the different colleges had busy working schedule so that they face time constraint in the use of ICTs. Present study got support from the result findings of Omotesho et. al. (2012) [8] ; Kale et. al. (2017) [4] ; Anand et. al. (2020) [1] and Raviya et. al. (2020) [10] who reported that lack of computer expertise and knowledge were major constraints. [3] who reported that time management was the major constraint. While, the findings of the study are in consonance with the past study of Rohila et.al. (2019) [11] who reported that lack of technical person, lack of training and weak internet facility were major constraints. [13] who reported that fluctuation of internet was major constraint. Study got support from Rohila et. al.

(2019) [11] ; Anand et. al. (2020) [1] ; Jadeja et al. (2026) [2] and Parmar et al. (2026) [9] who reported that lack of training programme and poor power supply of internet were major constraints. [6] . While in case of the partial regression coefficient job commitment found to be significant.

Conclusion

University administration should emphasize on the problems which are faced by faculty members in using ICTs. Moreover, the action plan may be more effective to encounter the constraints must be implemented as soon as possible in campus

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