Vol. 10, Special Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
Priya Pallavi, Dr. Niva Bara, Dr. BK Jha and Pankaj Kumar

Abstract:
The present research was conducted in three purposively selected agricultural universities i.e, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur and Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur. The study aimed at specifying the constraints faced by students of these agricultural universities during use of ICT tools. The sample included 30 students from each selected universities, thus the sample size of the study being 90. The data was collected through structured questionnaire along with observation, interaction and group discussion techniques. Respondents were asked to mention the constraints faced by them during the usage of ICT. The constraints faced by users of ICT i.e. students were studied in terms of technical, social-economic & psychological and ergonomical constraints. Against each constraint it was designed to obtain responses as regularly, occasionally and never for which, the scoring pattern was 2, 1 and 0 respectively. The results revealed that lack of technical skills, absence of conducive environment and inadequate internet facility as the important constraints faced by students towards the usage of ICT tools.