Vol. 10, Special Issue 8 (2021)

A total of 179 responses were collected. The study revealed that number of students from the gender was somehow equal among the students of both the universities. There was almost uniform distribution of students among the three family backgrounds. This brings to light the fact that agricultural education has turned equally accessible to all the students regardless of the family background to which they belong. Family occupation of majority of students in IGKV, Raipur was government services while in students of Dr PDKV, Akola it was agriculture. This suggested that students from agricultural background were more motivated to undertake agricultural education. The family annual income of majority of students in Dr PDKV, Akola was upto Rs.60, 000 while for students of Raipur it was found to be in the range of Rs.2,40,001 -Rs.500,000. This revealed a better economic condition of students in IGKV, Raipur when compared to students in Dr PDKV, Akola. Moreover, the annual expenditure of the students in IGKV, Raipur was more than students in Dr PDKV, Akola. As the family annual income of students in IGKV, Raipur was more, this led to more annual expenditure on the part of the students in the same.