Abstract :
The present investigation was carried out at, Nangarhar, Laghman and Kunar Universities Eastern zone of Afghanistan during 2019. Data were collected from 120 final year students from B.Sc. Agriculture Faculty. Studying with the help of structured presented interview schedule to know the Sources of information utilized for job placement. The study revealed that most of the students in general used mass media sources to a maximum extent followed by informal and formal Sources. Among the mass media sources, most of the students used website followed by Newspaper and Journals. Among informal sources and University, placement cell followed by Agricultural majority of the students utilized officers and consultants among formal sources in general. Most of the students used formal source of information (website) in Nangarhar, kunar and laghman (72.50 %), (62.50%) and (70.00 %) respectively. where in the informal source of information which is used by the students in Kunar, Laghman and Nangarhar Universities were friends 75%,70% and 55% respectively.
Keywords :
Formal Source, Informal sources, Mass Media SourcesReferences :
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