Fisheries Extension Education (2+1)

1.1.1.1 Types of Education

Informal Education: It is the life long process by which every person acquires knowledge, skills, attitudes and new insights from experience and exposure to environment.

Formal education : It is a  type of education that is offered in schools and colleges for those who have enrolled themselves as regular students for these academic programmes.

Non-formal education: It is an out-of–school system of education that is carried to villages and fields for the benefit of rural people to enable them as better decision makers to improve their  occupations and livelihood.

     Extension is a type of non-formal education which is stretched to villages and fields to address the needs of farmers and other rural folk. In this type of education, the target groups are normally villagers and the programmes are often intended for their development. The means for achieving the purpose is education.