Competency Development Model for Agricultural Instructors in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia

Abstract

The purposes of this study are to analyze internal factors that can formulate a model of competence development of agriculture instructor in Gorontalo Province and to analyze the degree of relationship of internal factors that can formulate a model of competence development of agriculture instructor in Gorontalo Province. The research applied survey method. The model is verified by using analytical SEM (Structural Equation Model) through the LISREL (Linear Structural Relationships) program. The results show that there is an influence of variable characteristics, motivation and self-reliance towards agriculture instructor’s competency. Simultaneously, these three variables influence the competency of agriculture instructor as 0.74 units (74%) at significant ? = 0.05. There is a coefficient of relationship between variables, that is; the coefficient of relationship between the characteristics and self-reliance of extension agent, the coefficient of relationship between the characteristics and the motivation of extension agent and the motivation and self-reliance of the extension agent.

Keyword: Competency, Characteristics, Motivation, Self-reliance, Agricultural Extension