Abstract
An analytical study was conducted on Open and Distance Learning (ODL) programmes by veterinary university, Chennai for veterinary practitioners in Erode, Salem and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu, India. Field veterinarians working in the public dispensaries / hospitals formed the sample for the study. The data was collected by mailing questionnaires to the respondents. The study revealed that the ODL courses effectively enhanced the job performance of the veterinarians in the areas of diagnosis (57.14 per cent) followed by medical treatment (49.86 per cent) at a frequency ranging from often to most often. Threefourths (75.00 per cent) of the participants and non-participants (87.50 per cent) had medium to high level of job performance. The „Z‟ test was statistically nonsignificant for job performance between the participants and the non-participants. Among the 14 independent variables, access to computer and training exposure was found to have a highly significant relationship with job performance in case of participants while all other variables were non-significant. The results would help the ODL developers to improve the contents and facilitate better delivery of distance education courses, so as to enhance the job performance of the veterinarians.
Highlights
Education is a means for improving the quality of the human resources
Out of the 120 veterinary practitioners who had enrolled in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) course on "Recent Trends in disease diagnosis and treatment of ruminants", 40 of them who responded to the questionnaire formed the experimental group
The participants perceived that the ODL course effectively enhanced their job performance on the areas of disease diagnosis (57.14 per cent), medical treatment (49.86 per cent), surgical treatment (37.50 per cent) and post-mortem examination (40.25 per cent) at a frequency ranging from often to most often
Summary
Education is a means for improving the quality of the human resources. These resources are enhanced by imparting knowledge, understanding, attitude and skills. Literacy rate is one of the three components which determine the Human Development Index (HDI) of any nation (UNDP, 20051). The literacy rate in developed countries is about 95.00 per cent. India, that ranked 128th among 174 countries in the world in the Human Development Index (HDI), had a literacy rate of only 65.40 per cent (Kishore, 20032). The Contributions Of Open And Distance Learning (Odl) Towards Job Performance
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