Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Public and Private Employers' Perceptions of the Competence of Botswana College of Agriculture Graduates. |
| Authors: |
Oladele, O. I.1 oladele20002001@yahoo.com |
| Source: |
Journal of Agricultural & Food Information. 2010, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p222-232. 11p. 5 Charts. |
| Subjects: |
Public relations in agriculture, Agricultural students, Agricultural education, Statistical sampling, Sample size (Statistics), Standard deviations, Employers, Qualitative research |
| Geographic Terms: |
Botswana |
| Abstract: |
A large sample size technique was used to select 30 employers each from the private and public sector to examine their perception of the competence of agricultural graduates. Data were collected with a structured questionnaire and analyzed using means, standard deviation, and t test. The results show that, for 16 crop production tasks, public agroemployers were favorably disposed to competence in 4 tasks, while private employers were not favorably disposed to competence in any tasks. Both public and private employers were not favorably disposed to competence in farm engineering tasks. The Botswana College of Agriculture curriculum should be overhauled to better prepare graduates for employment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Engineering Source |
