Handbook of Dimensions of Extension Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Education concept meaning and types education. 2. Extension education and agricultural extension. 3. Rural development meaning definition concepts objectives importance and problems in rural development. 4. Developmental programmes pre independence era Shri Niketan project Marthandam project Gurgaon experiment Gandhian constructive prog. 5. Developmental programme of post Independence era firka development etawah pilot project and Nilokheri experiment. 6. Community development programme meaning definition concepts philosophy principles objectives. 7. National extension services. 8. Panchayat Raj system/Democratic decentralization three tiers of Panchayat Raj system powers, functions and organizational setup…..

This is a book on dimensions of extension education. Extension education is education for rural people for bringing out social cultural development as well as overall rural and agriculture development. The book begins with conceptual issues in extension and tries to establish relations and bring out the contradictions in the concepts of extension education. Extension education plays a vital and major role in agriculture and rural development.

The main objectives of the book are : To understand the concept and dimensions of extension education. To know about rural development and different rural development programmes in India from Independence and before independence. To know the role and importance of extension education.  To know the current issues and schemes for rural development.

This book includes the history and development of extension education and also includes new dimensions of extension education. It also includes different developmental programmes related to agricultural development and extension education. It contains chapters pertaining dimensions of extension viz.,