CORRELATES OF USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BY POST GRADUATE STUDENTS OF AGRICULTURE

The study was conducted at College of Agriculture, Parbhani and College of Agriculture, Latur, under jurisdiction of Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani. Total 80 respondents of M.Sc. Part-II students were selected randomly for the purpose of study (40 boys and 40 girls). The students were interviewed with the help of a well structured pre tested interview schedule and analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents i.e. 75.00 per cent had medium level of use of IT. The variables like Cumulative grade paint average CGPA, number of training completed, family income, family background, educational status of family and availability of IT tools had positive and significant relationship with use of IT.