Extending technical information outside the educational Institutes for benefit of common is extension education. All scientific branches are involved in extending essential information to the professionals, entrepreneurs and rural poor. Continuous education program is highly essential in all sectors to review the progress, research and doubts of all net beneficiaries.
Extension education is a separate branch in all organisations. Investments on extinction education are productive in terms of givan targets. Extension educators are more than teachers, because they deal with regular, varied participants. Extension education more important in larger interest as compared to adult literacy program.
Extension education involve most common component of trainings. Workshops, camps, rallies, exhibitions, discussion forums, field visits, demonstrations, field meetings, publications, brochure, pamphlets and many more ways are used for extension education. Sample distributions, feed back, impact assessments are equal important parts in extension programs.
Success rate of extension education activities is always less than expectations. Awareness is the basic motto in extension activities. Attendance certification is most of fruitful part for the participants, which increases participation percentage along with involvement of participants in the program.
Online programs, All India Radio programs, television programs can cover thousands of beneficiaries from nook and corner of the world. It is possible to involve seasoned technocrates for extending their valuable inputs for millions of people through extension education programs.
Extension programmes in agriculture, fishery and veterinary science are very useful for rural entrepreneurship. These activities needs new skills, orientations, approaches as per need of season, schemes and topics. Now a days, small videos and reels are very famous and impactful two dessiminate technical information.
Exension programs are expected to orient beneficiaries towards productive business and also to earn livelihood resources. Ground level technologies are more important for inclusion in extension activities, rather than mechanization or advanced approaches.
Extension system requires definite objectives to improve technical know how, methods, approaches and traditional practices in livelihood business. Out of box thinking, innovations, improvements are necessary to attract participation of common people in extension activities.
Extension activies create their impact in the society through chain system. Every trained batch is expected to work as trainer for others. So, extension training is generating experts at field level for small and specific topics.
Extension is also a two way learning process, because as trainer gets ample feedback, queries, real problems, needs, expectations of the society. Thus, it is possible for government and authorities to frame essential and beneficial policies and schemes in the interest of welfare of people.
Veterinary extension programs include veterinary care camps, infertility cams, e- platforms, telecommunications, exhibitions, hands on trainings, expert meet, visits and publications. Success stories of the extension program are most encouraging for organisers and also for trainees.
Final point and target of extension services neve ends because everyday technologies are being developed, new challenges are being proposed and animal productivity and health issues are being addressed properly. Thus, extension is continuous education process forever.
Author: Dr. Niteen Markandeya
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