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Lesson 8:Need and importance of extension education

Scope of Extension Education

Extension work will speed up only when the development of factors related to it i.e., (1) Man Environment; (2) Basic structures (Gram Panchayat, Village School and Cooperative Societies) will be undertaken.

1. Personal development of people:
   1. Increase in agricultural production so that standard of living can be raised.
   2. Facility for rural industry related knowledge.
   3. Facility for advance techniques/methods.
   4. Development of co-industries like animal husbandry, poultry, goats and piggery farming etc.
   5. Training the people for development of agriculture and rural industry.
   6. Proper educational facilities for rural people.
   7. To inculcate self-confidence, self-dependence and desire to work themselves among rural people.
2. Development of environment of people:
   
   1. Arrangement of family-education.
   2. Eradication of prevalent social evils.
   3. Development of democratic ways.
   4. Maximum use of available resources for community work.
   5. Management of rural hygiene and environment.
3. Development of basic institutions:
   1. To develop confidence and respect for these institutions.
   2. To develop feeling of responsibility among the people.
   3. To increase cooperation of maximum number of people.