This document discusses extension education and its goals. Extension education is a non-formal education system that aims to promote socio-economic development in rural communities. It provides a linkage between extension personnel, researchers, and farmers by gathering, processing, and disseminating information to address the needs of farmers and rural peoples. The objectives of extension education are to develop rural communities socially, economically, and culturally through voluntary, people-centered education based on research and local experiences.

1. 1. Extension
•Extension – Latin origin
•Stretched to village and farmers fields.
•Extension is an villages and farmers fields.
•Extension is an out of school system of
education
•Extension originally used in the U.S.A
•Target group are villages and rural people.

2. 2. Education
Production of desirable charges in behavior
components knowledge in, skill and
Knowledge – Things known
Attitude – Things felt
Skill – Things done.
Human behavior Education Improved human
behavior

3. 3. TYPES OF Education
1.Informal education life long process; learning from
experience and exposure to environment.
2. Formal education: offered in schools and colleges;
academic programmes
3. Non formal education : Out of school system of
education carried to villages and fields addresses the
needs of farmers and rural peoples.

4. 4. Extension
Summary of definitions
 a non formal education system
 aims at socio-economic development of
community
Provides linkage between exten. Personnel,
research scientists and farmers.
Gathers, processes, stores and disseminates
information
People-oriented, knowledge-based and
problem-centered.

5. 5. Extension Education
 A formal system of education
 An applied behavioral science
 Contents derived from research, accumulated
file experience and relevant principles from
behavioral sciences.
 Applied for desirable changes in the behavior
complex of people.

6. 6. Philosophy of extension service
• Change through education
• Individual freedom
• People’s participation
• Leadership development
• Democratic approach
• Cultural respect
• Continuous process.

7. 7. Objectives of Extension
Fundamental objective:
To develop rural people socially, economically and culturally by
means of education
Principles of extension
Principle of :
grass root approach, Cooperation and participation, voluntary
education, teaching methods, local leaders, trained specialists,
satisfaction, whole family approach, democratic approach, cultural
difference, learning by dong seeing is believing , local resources need-
based programme, aided self-help and evaluation.

8. 8. Fisheries extension
Deals with overall development of fisher folk and fish
farmers.
Scope :
 Improving efficiency in production, marketing and
distribution
 Conservation of resources
 Farm and home management
Family living
 youth development, leadership development and community
development
 Public affairs
 Alternative livelihood means.