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Of the total respondents surveyed, about 85% of the household heads have different level ofeducation while the remaining 15% are cannot read and write. Educational data of farmers inFogera varies for different sources. For instance, BoRD (2003) indicated that 77.26% ofhousehold heads were illiterate while Abay (2007) explained that, they were about 27.5%.The differences may be due to the purposes of the study, the ways of taking samples andmethods of assessments. According to this survey, females were not participated in modulartraining as it was expected. This result agreed with the idea of Swanson et al. (1998) who hasstated that females were not in a position of participating in educational institutions due tomarriage, abduction, workload, and cultural settings of communities. In Fogera, as indicatedon Table 4, very few numbers of females were trained. The guideline of modular training wasstated that educational level of trainees should be grade 4 and above. As a matter-of-fact,trained farmers vary in its educational level. About 31.7% of trained respondents were belowgrade 4; and as result it may create difficulty to deliver modular trainings for trainees andtrainers.4.1.2. Trained farmers’ responses on trainees selectionTable 5 shows the responses of sample respondents on the selection processes of trainees bythe training institutions for modular training through different actors.Table 5: Responses on selection processes of trained farmersSelection of trainees Trained farmers ( N= 60)FrequencyPercentBy Development Agents 55 91.7By PA leaders 2 3.3By cabinet members 3 5.0Source: Own survey, 201042