Vol. 10, Special Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Krunal C Kamani, Maulik C Prajapati, Ashish K Makwana and Mahendra D Gurjar

Abstract:
The Indian Dairy sector has a vital role in India’s Economy. Dairying sector contributes around 28% to the Agriculture GDP and 4.5% to National GDP. The formal education in the subject of dairy science started in year 1923 with establishment of the “Imperial Institute of Animal Husbandry and Dairying” at Bangalore. At present there are around 20 Dairy Science colleges associated with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research / State Agricultural Universities in India. Due to COVID-19 pandemic there has been an increasing movement towards teaching online because of lockdown and subsequent shutting down of schools, colleges and universities for an indefinite time. Though, it is an accepted assumption that no pedagogical approach can replace the peak position of formal education. But, as a result of COVID-19 crisis, online education became a pedagogical shift from traditional method to the modern ICT based approach of teaching-learning from classroom to virtual classroom. This research study focuses on the perception of Teachers of Dairy Science Colleges of India towards the online Teaching of B.Tech. (Dairy Technology) course during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the challenges faced by them. The relevant information for the study was collected from respondents in the form of Questionnaire. The major findings was effectiveness of theory classes it was found that the respondents disagreed with online teaching for theory is as effective as offline theory teaching.