Introduction

• Derived from latin word; Ex means out and tension means stretching.
• Term originated in England.
• Father of University extension: James Sterart.
• Term 1^st used by Cambridge university ( 1873).
• Father of extension work: Seaman A Kanpp.
• Working Module : “ Learning by doing and seeing is believing”.
• Two way channel of knowledge and experience.
• Is a continuous education process.
• Education: A tool to bring desirable changes in people.
• Communication : Tool to bring voluntary change in people.
• In Nepal, the post graduate program on extension was started at IAAS under TU in 1999 AD.
• Group Approach 1^st launched in 1988/89 in Chitwan.