This textbook is written for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Extension Education at
Home Science Colleges. It shall serve as a reference book for Extension students of Agriculture
Veterinary Forestry Fisheries and Basic Science at Universities Colleges and Institutes. It
shall as well serve as a handbook for Government Departments Non-Government Organizations
Rural Banks and Cooperatives Krishi Vigyan Kendra etc. to support them in extension work. The
meaning process and evolution of extension and extension systems from India's pre independence
era to the present era are described in this book as well as the different extension teaching
methods and teaching aids used while extending information at villages. The book also
comprehends the relationship between Home Science education and extension systems familiarizing
with the structural and functional concepts of rural society. The concept use importance and
limitations of each of the extension teaching methods are important to know for extension
workers so that they can use them efficiently. However these course contents are primarily
meant for the use of student communities teaching and research fraternities of Home Science
Agricultural and allied Sciences all over the globe in general and India in particular.
