Evaluation of extension staff training one

The evaluation was conducted in all provinces except for Lusaka province due to shortage of time. A set of questions were used to obtain reactions from the camp/block extension officers on how they found the training. A rating scale of 0 = very poor; 5 = very good was used. The results are as indicated below:

Participation

Province	Number of camp/block extension officers			Number of Irrigation Engineers
	Total	Male	Female
Lusaka	16	12	4	4
Central	29	22	7	7
Southern	24	22	2	6
Western	11	7	4	3
Eastern	19	17	2	4
TOTAL	99	80	19	24

Note: The Irrigation Engineers consisted of males only.

Evaluation of EST1, 0-5 rating
SCALE: 0 = very poor; 5 = very good

	QUESTIONS	PROVINCE
		C	S	W	E	AV
1	Was the oral presentation by resource persons clear	5	5	4	5	5
2	Was the mystery of the subject by participants good	4	4	4	4	4
3	Was the information given systematically	4	5	4	5	5
4	How would you rate usefulness of the field trip	4	5	4	3	4
5	How would you rate the organisation and management of training	4	4	3	4	4
6	How would you rate the standard of training	4	4	4	4	4

7 What aspect of training would you desire to improve? The most important issues brought out were:

· More practical time on management of specific crops cabbage, rape, onion, melons, pumpkins, paprika.

· Practical identification of pests and diseases and management.

· Physical identification of soils, fertiliser (organic and inorganic fertilisers)

· Planning a vegetable garden.

· More practicals on irrigation techniques.

Altogether, there were 99 camp/block extension officers trained in five provinces. There were 80 males and 19 females who participated. The participants found the horticulture training to be good, adequate and comprehensive. The consultant was satisfied that the training has addressed the objectives of the target group and had sufficient hand on practical for the extension officers. It would be useful to include the suggested topics by the extension officers in order to improve the next Extension Staff Training two (EST2).

Note:

C - Central

S - Southern

W - Western

E - Eastern Provinces respectively.