Abstract
Pakistan is an agricultural country. The welfare and well being of its people and the national economy
depends upon a sound vibrating agriculture. The development of agriculture is a complex phenomenon,
which depends upon many factors including agricultural education/training. There are three agricultural
training institutes working in the Punjab, Pakistan, which provide training to frontline extension workers
involved in conducting extension work in rural areas. This study explores the bottlenecks in these
institutes for not producing well training extension field staff. In this study all 346 randomly selected out of
429 students of these institutes were contacted to acquire information. Results indicated that teachers
need to be trained /motivated to pay special attention towards maintaining the self respect of the students.
The teachers were found competent regarding lecture delivery. The competencies in which teachers had
least abilities were: use of charts and maps in teaching, use of television in teaching, explain with the help
of models, use of Internet, and computer in teaching as reported by majority of the students. It indicates
that teachers need to enhance their abilities in above mentioned least competent areas.
