LECTURE 1
              EDUCATION, EXTENSION EDUCATION AND SCOPE OF EXTENSION EDUCATION
                                                   Sonam Agrawal
                                       Assistant Professor (Agriculture Extension)
                            College of Agriculture Powarkheda, Hoshangabad, JNKVV (Jabalpur)
              Education and Extension Education
                    Education  word  is  derived  from  the  Latin  root  ‘ex’  meaning  out  and  ‘tension’  meaning 
              stretching. Education is the process of facilitating learning or acquisition of knowledge, skill values 
              and habits. Under education method we can includes teaching training discussion, directed toward 
              research. Education take place them self as well as in front of instructor Education can take place 
              in formal or informal settings and any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, 
              feels, or acts may be considered education.
              Definition of Education
                    Education is the process of developing capability of the individual so that they can adequately 
              response to their situation. We can also define education as process of bringing desirable change into 
              the behaviour of human being.
                    Webster defined  education  as  the  process  of  teaching  to  develop  the  knowledge,  skill,  or 
              character of the student. 
                    “Sociologist  Rodney  Stark  declares  that,  Education  is  the  cheapest,  most  rapid  and  most 
              reliable path to economic advancement under present conditions,”
              Types of Education
                    There are mainly three types of education, namely, Formal, Informal and Non-formal. Each of 
              these types is briefly described below.
                 (A)   Formal Education
                    Formal  education  corresponds  to  a  systematic,  organized  education  model,  structured  and 
              administered according to a given set of laws and norms, presenting a rather rigid curriculum as 
              regards objectives, content and methodology. It is characterized by a contiguous education process 
              named, as Sarramona1 remarks, “presential education”, which necessarily involves the teacher, the 
              students and the institution. It corresponds to the education process normally adopted by our schools 
              and universities.
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                           Planned with a particular end in view.
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                           Limited to a specific period.
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                            Well-defined and systematic curriculum
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                            Given by specially qualified teachers.
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                            Includes activities outside the classroom
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                            Observes strict discipline.
                 (B)    Informal Education
                        Informal education is quite diverse from formal education and, particularly, from non-
                 formal education, although in certain cases it is capable of maintaining a close relationship with 
                 both. It does not correspond to an organized and systematic view of education; informal education 
                 life  long  process  in  which  portionsazure’s  knowledge,  skill,  attitude  and  insight  from  daily 
                 experiences and exposure to the endearment at home.
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                            Incidental and spontaneous
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                            Not-pre-planned.
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                            Not imparted by any specialised agency.
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                            No prescribed time-table or curriculum.
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                            May be negative also
                 (C)    Non-Formal Education
                        It is organized and systematic education activity carried on outside the frame work of  the 
                 formal system to provide selected type of learning to the particular group of population.
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                            Derived from the expression ‘formal education.
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                            Outside the realm of formal education.
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                            Conscious and deliberate.
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                            To be organised for a homogeneous group.
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                            Serving the need of the identified group.
                     The word extension is derived from the Latin roots 'ex' - meaning 'out' and 'tensio' meaning 
              'stretching'.  Stretching  out  is  the  meaning  of  extension.  The  word  'extension'  came  to  be  used 
              originally in USA during 1914. In other words, the word extension signifies an out of school system of 
              education. Education is an integral part of extension. The basic concept of extension is that it is 
              education. Extension means that type of education which is stretched out to the people in rural areas, 
              beyond the limits of the educational institutions to which the formal type of education is normally 
              confined. 
              Basic Definitions Related to Extension
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          Extension education is an applied social science consisting of relevant content derived from 
       physical, biological and social sciences and in its own process synthesized into a body of knowledge, 
       concepts, principles and procedures oriented to provide non-credit out of school education largely for 
       adults. - Leagans (1971). 
          Extension Education is a science, which deals with the creation, transmission & application of 
       knowledge designed to bring about planned changes in the behavior-complex of people, with a view to 
       help them live better by learning the ways of improving their vocations, enterprises & institutions 
       (Reddy, 1993).
          Extension Education is a science that brings about desirable changes in the behavior of the 
       concerned persons through educational methods, so as to improve their general standard of living with 
       their  own  efforts.  In  fact,  it  deals  with  the  designs  &  strategies  of  transfer  of  technology  to  the 
       concerned persons.  In other words, what is taught to the farmers is not Extension Education, though 
       its knowledge is applied for the effective & efficient communication of various programmes of change 
       (Singh, 1994).
          Extension is education and that its purpose is to change attitude and practices of the people 
       with whom the work is to change. (Ensminger,1957)
          Extension Education is the process of teaching rural people how to live better by learning ways 
       to improve their farm, home and community institutions (Leagans, 1961).
          Extension as an out of school education and services for the members of the farm family and 
       others directly or indirectly engaged in farm production to enable them to adopt improved practices in 
       production, management, conservation and marketing. Several authors defined extension in various 
       ways emphasizing the importance of one or the other aspect of extension (National Commission on 
       Agriculture, 1976).
       Scope of Extension Education
          Extension  appears  to  have  unlimited  scope  in  situations  where  there  is  need  for  creating 
       awareness amongst the people and changing their behavior by informing and educating them. Kelsey 
       and  Hearne  (1967)  identified  nine  areas  of  programme  emphasis,  which  indicate  the  scope  of 
       agricultural extension.
       1. Efficiency in agricultural production.
       2. Efficiency in marketing, distribution and utilization. 
       3. Conservation, development and use of natural resources. 
       4. Management on the farm and in the home.
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       5. Family living. 
       6. Youth development. 
       7. Leadership development.
        8. Community development and rural area development.
        9. Public affairs. 
       The following statements will further amplify the scope of extension. 
       1. Extension is fundamentally a system of out-of-school education for adults and youths alike. It is a   
            system where people are motivated through a proper approach to help themselves by applying 
        science in their daily lives, in farming, home making and community living. 
       2. Extension is education for all village people.
       3. Extension is bringing about desirable changes in the knowledge, attitudes and skills of people.
       4. Extension is helping people to help themselves. 
       5. Extension is working with men and women, boys and girls, to answer their felt needs and wants. 
       6. Extension is teaching through "learning by doing" and "seeing is believing". 
       7. Extension is working in harmony with the culture of the people. 
       8. Extension is a two-way channel; it brings scientific information to village people and it also takes 
        the Problems of the village people to the scientific institutes for solution. 
       9. Extension is working together (in groups) to expand the welfare and happiness of the people with 
        their own families, their own villages, their own country and the world. 
       10. Extension is development of individuals in their day-to-day living, development of their leaders, 
        their society and their world as a whole.
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