Planning a program is an essential aspect of any extension program

1. Planning and Development of
Agricultural Extension
Programs
Presented by:
Dr. Rajinder Kaur Kalra
Professor cum Head (Retd.)
Department of Extension Education
PAU, Ludhiana

2. Extension Program planning
 a continuous and cooperative activity, involving –
 local people and
 extension personnel,
where problems are identified, objectives are set
forth and action is taken to reach the objectives

3. Importance of Extension Programme Planning
 Avoid wastage of resources
 Provide guidance
 Continuity
 Provide reliable information
 Institutional support

4.  Leadership development
 Minimize conflicts
 Local Support
 Avoiding future problems

5. Principles of Program planning
 Principle of felt needs
 Principle of joint Participation
 Principle of flexibility
 Principle of simplicity
 Principle of coordination

6. contd…
 Principle of satisfaction
 Principle of practicability
 Principle of comprehensibility
 Principle of achievability
 Principle of evaluation

7. Program Planning Model
1. Collection of
facts
2. Analysis of
Situation
3. Identification
of Problems
4.
Determination
of Objectives
5. Develop
Plan of Work
6. Execute Plan
7. Determine
Progress

8. Program Planning Process
Sandhu (1994) suggested a six phased programme
planning model:
1. Organisation for planning
2. Planning Process:
 Reach understanding regarding principles,
procedure, roles and time schedule
 Analyse situation
 Determine objectives
 Select problems with due refard to priorities
 Find solutions

9. 3. Planned program
Prepared a written statement of:
 Situation
 Objectives
 Problems, and
 Solutions

10. 4. Plan of work
 Prepare a plan of work containing information
regarding:
 People to be reached
 Goals, dates and places
 Teaching procedure to be followed
 Duties, training and recognition of leaders
 Roles to be played by extension personnel, and
 Role to be played by other agencies

11. 5. Execution of plan of work
 Make advance arrangement for inputs and
teaching aids
 Interpret the approved programme to the staff
and people’s representatives
6. Evaluation of accomplishments
 Do concurrent evaluation
 Do ex post facto evaluation