Abstract
Quality education is crucial for growth and development of a nation. Teaching learningprocess worldwide which was disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic has found consolationthrough online remote teaching. Competency of teachers plays an important role in thesuccess of online teaching. The study was conducted in North Eastern region (NER) ofIndia to assess the faculty members’ competency in online teaching of agriculturalundergraduates. For the study, all the teachers of institutes in NER imparting undergraduatelevel degree course in Agriculture were selected. Online questionnaire was sent to all theteachers of which 75 responses were received, which formed the respondents of the study.Five online teaching competency dimensions were considered for the study. The respondentshad highest mean competency score in Teaching Ethics and lowest in Content Facilitation.Online teaching competency had significant and positive correlation with online teachingexperience; attitude towards online teaching; and organisational facilities & support. Thestudy recommends providing organizational facilities and support in the form of adequateinfrastructure and conducting trainings on awareness and usage of e-teaching resources andtools to improve the online teaching competency of the teachers.
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