Principles and Techniques of Veterinary and AH Extension

Difference between Extension and Community Development

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EXTENSION EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

• The differences between community development and extension education can be viewed under various statements of objectives and form.

S. No.	Extension Education	Community Development
I	Objectives
1	Emphasis on the individual.	Emphasis is on community and it has its main theme on community needs.
2	Education aimed at individual development to obtain economic and social improvement.	Education aimed at groups of individuals to obtain economic and social improvement.
3	Has it main theme on individual needs.	has it main theme on community needs.
II	Forms
1	Extension is an educational arm of government, usually through educational institutions or other government departments.	Community development is usually a direct government approach to straight line organization.
2	Emphasis on organization that either carries out educational services directly or transmits knowledge from other resources to people.	Emphasis on the coordination of service agencies by a working team made up of representatives of different services.
3	Essentially a branch of the department of agriculture.	Essentially a branch of government serving several departments of the government.