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Lesson 8:Need and importance of extension education

General Objectives of Extension

The fundamental objective of extension is the ‘Development of the people’ or ‘The Destination man’. The general objectives of extension include

1. To assist people to discover and analyze their problems, their felt and unfelt needs.
2. To develop leadership among people and help them in organizing groups to solve their problems.
3. To disseminate information based on research and the practical experience, in such a manner that the people would accept it and put it into actual practice.
4. To keep the research workers informed of the peoples problems from time to time, so that they may offer solutions based on necessary research.