PRINCIPLES OF

EXTENSION
1. Extension begins where the
people are and with what they have.
Extension agent must suit the
program to their social, cultural,
financial and intellectual levels.
2. Extension activities should go to
the members of rural families where
they are.

Extension agent must bring

technology to where the clientele
can be reached.
3. Extension programs are based on
the people’s needs and decided by
them.
Extension agent must provides
means for himself and his clientele
to understand their needs for well-
being.
4. Extension works with and through
people.

Extension agent must works with

local leaders in the community to
reach more people.
5. Extension education is carried on
either with groups of people or
individuals.

Extension agent must works either

through individual teaching and
group methods.
6. People learn to do by doing

Extension agent must provide

opportunities for his clientele to
apply what they have learned.
7. The spirit of self-help is essential
for democratic living.

Self-help is meant those people

who develop themselves out of
their own determination and with
their own effort