Evaluation of Information Literacy Skills among the Undergraduate Students of Rural Areas: A Case Study of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Bhanu Partap

Abstract


The present study explores the information literacy perceptions of undergraduate students, particularly who are come from rural areas to get higher education in the subject of agricultural sciences at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCS HAU), Hisar. A questionnaire based survey has been conducted in the University to assess the information literacy status among the targeted group. The copies of well structured questionnaire have been distributed among the 200 undergraduate students during September-October 2019, out of which, 157 have been responded positively, and hence, overall response rate i.e. 78.5% has been achieved. The overall results demonstrated that the perception of undergraduate students was moderate towards the evaluation of information, literacy, ethics and other related issues in era of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) or social media.


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