Perception of Participants on Monitoring and Evaluation of Extension Program: A Case Study of International Training Course in Coastal Fisheries Management and Extension Methodology

Abstract

     The objectives of this study were to: 1) compare the perception of participants on the level of usefulness and the level of implementation on the extension program monitoring and evaluation; 2) explain why participants implemented the extension program evaluation at the moderate level; and 3) seek for suggestions to increase the organization awareness of the extension program evaluation. Population were fourteen participants attending the International Training Course in Coastal Fisheries Management and Extension Methodology who directly involved with the extension program planning and evaluation in their job description. Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) organized the training from 7 June to 21 July 2004. Instrument was questionnaire and focus group discussions asking participants after the extension program evaluation lectures. Findings were: 1) Twelve out of seventeen items of evaluation steps were perceived as more usefulness. On the other hand, ten items were illustrated as more implementation and seven items were expressed as moderate implementation; 2) the explanation why participants implemented at the moderate level were: inadequate staff members to do extension program evaluation, limitation of budget, and lack of organization concerns; 3) suggestions included stimulating the organization awareness at the staff and organization level.