A Study on Research Methodology Training Programme as Perceived by the Post Graduate Social Science Students

Abstract

The study was undertaken with the objectives of studying the end training programme effectiveness, to find out the overall assessment of the resource persons who handled various sessions and to understand the impact of the training programme after three months as post follow-up assessment. The researchers adopted descriptive research design for the present study. A Sample of 25 students (Post Graduate) was selected from four social science disciplines namely; Social Work, Commerce, Management Studies and History. The findings of the study revealed that a vast majority of the students(84%) expressed a high level of rating with regard to the training programme meeting their expectation, their comfort level in having their doubts clarified (82.4%), the quality of the training material provided (89.6%) and the support & logistics (86.4%) provided to them all throughout the training session. A very high level of rating was revealed by the students pertaining to the parameters on the duration (97.3%) & time given for each training session(97.3%), the food that was provided for the students who underwent  the training programme (93.6%)) and the hospitality rendered by supportive staff all throughout the training programme (93.6). It is found that a vast majority (92.8%) of the students were satisfied with the overall effectiveness of the training programme. The result of the overall assessment of the resource persons who handled various sessions revealed that they were effective (89.4%) in delivering their inputs. The Post follow-up that was collected from the students who attended the training programme after a period of three months revealed that a vast majority (85.6%) of the students acknowledged that they found the training programme to be of high value and satisfaction.

Keywords: Research Methodology, Post follow up