community extension service program,

1. Extension as one of the
Major Functions of a
University
Dr. Elizabeth M. Salvino
Program Head of Continuing Education
Extension Division,CBSUA

2.  to develop manpower to meet the needs
of the society and attain improvement in the
quality of life.

3.  SUCs are mandated to perform a trilogy of
functions: instruction, research and
extension.
 The production function was added because of
the need to augment the meager resource of the
government to finance the educative process and
for schools to become self-sufficient.

4. › Of the four functions, instruction is “primus
inter pares” (the greater of the equal); however,
› Instruction without research will readily become
stale.
› Research without conscience is dangerous.
› It is extension that provides conscience to
research.

5.  Instruction refers to resident
teaching or the implementation
of curricular offerings required by
students for graduation.
 Research is concerned with
technology or knowledge
generation.

6.  As defined in the GAA, is an inherent function of
institution of higher learning with the purpose of
initiating, catalyzing, and sustaining the
development of various communities, using their
experience and available resources.
 It is a vital component in creating a more
favorable, true to life teaching-learning
experience for students and for the school to
bring to the community its expertise and
resources.

7.  Extension service is a more
encompassing terminology than
community service.
 It include provision of training,
techno-demo services, farm and
business advisory, as well as
information and support services to
the farming and other client sector to
improve their technical, business and
social capabilities.

8.  Extension as a service provided by a
university/ college refers to those activities
which are requested by outside clients
from colleges/ schools

9.  Individual extension work can take
the form of involvement in training
programs as facilitators, or resource
person/ lecturer, gender trainer,
coordinator, crises counseling and
other forms of consultancy services.

10.  Refers to the research, development
and extension continuum that
operationalizes technology
demonstration as a tool for extension,
whose research results are the basis
for farmers’ evaluation and
appropriate choice for any decision in
his farming business

11.  Production involves the various
income generating activities of the
university/ college to supplement the
meager budget of the institution
while supporting the provision of the
instruction, research and extension
functions.

12.  The four functions are interrelated because for
instruction and extension to be more
meaningful, and for teachers and extension
workers to be teaching relevant, useful and
reliable information, the knowledge to be
disseminated should be backed up by research.
 On the other hand, the proof of the
university’s claim on profitability and
appropriateness of a particular technology or
practice to local conditions could be better
exemplified through production activities.

13.  The four functions being interrelated,
university administrators should try to
promote harmonious balance of the four
functions to attain the four goals of higher
education which are:
› quality and excellence;
› relevance and responsiveness;
› equity and access; and
› efficiency and effectiveness.

14.  CMO 48 – Updated standards for the grant and
retention of University status of HEIs Series of
1996
 RA 8435 or the Agriculture and Fisheries
Modernization Act of 1997 (AFMA).
 EO 710 dated Feb. 27, 2008 for the
implementation of the Farmer Scientist Training
program (FSTP) for sustainable agricultural
development
 RA 9717 converting CSSAC to University

15.  Extension services involves packaging,
demonstration, and application of appropriate
technology, tools, materials, processes and
products, generated through research and
technical studies in selected communities for
countrywide adoption.
 It includes community organizing activities and
similar extension, or community development
work.

16.  Extension service can be conducted inside the
school.
› This is called campus-based extension service or
 Outside the school, which is called
community-based extension service.

17. 1.Technology Transfer – this deals with
components or packages of
technology specific to the mandates of
the institution.
2.Information Dissemination – this
should be along the thrusts of the
national government and the
institution.

18. 3.Continuing Education – refers to upgrading
courses with corresponding unit equivalent,
accredited by several institutions; those
without units accredited may be for
upgrading only of particular skills, carried out
through seminars and training programs.
4.Communications Media Technologies – these
include reproduction of print and non-print
media.

19.  The Research Institutions and Consortia
 NGOs
 LGU Agricultural Technicians
 Farmer Leaders
 Others - integrators, cooperatives, lending
banks

20. Key Goals of Extension
 Poverty alleviation and social equity
 Food security
 Rational use of resources
 Global competitiveness
 Sustainable development
 People empowerment, and
 Protection from unfair competition

21. Who are our clients?
1. The Local Government Units (LGUs)
Agricultural Technicians
2. Non-Government Organizations
3. Private Sector
4. Agricultural Industries / entrepreneurs
5. Rural women and farmers
6. Others

22.  What are the guidelines in University
Extension Project Development?
1. Put up an Extension Office in the college or
university
2. Allocate budget for extension work
3. Conduct a training needs assessment of
trainers and clients
4. Develop an appropriate training program for
trainers and other clients
5. Train extension workers to enhance
competencies in extension

23. 6. Develop a plan in extension. Planned
projects must benefit students and the
community
7. Restructure curriculum to include practicum
for students to enrich their learning
experiences.
8. Strengthen departmental linkages to
facilitate multi-disciplinary approach to
student’s learning

24. 9. Organize or strengthen people’s
organization as social laboratory for
student interns/ extensionists
10. Develop built-in evaluation
mechanisms (internal)
11. Document field experiences of
students and faculty for publication
12. Establish a track record in extension
work
13. Learn from past failures.

25.  Thank you for your attention!