PATHWAY TO PROGRESS: TRAINING ON PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING EXTENSION PROJECTS
By:
Reynaldo J. Ilumin
Institute of Linguistics and Literature
The NEUST Research, Extension, and Training (RET) Services Office sponsored a capacitating program on Training on Planning and Implementing Extension Projects from Community Diagnostics, Community Planning, Results – Based Monitoring System to Formative, Summative, and Impact Evaluations of Projects held on April 22 – 23, 2024 at Nieto Hall, Sumacab Campus.
The general objective of the seminar is to initiate innovations by reengineering, redirecting, realigning, and revitalizing the extension services of the university. To achieve such an intention, the research and extension faculty members and RET chairs were the participants in the said training.
Dr. Marlowe U. Aquino from Don Mariano Marcos State University served as the one- man army Resource Speaker for the seminar – workshop all throughout the 3 – day training – workshop. The topics covered include Understanding the New Development Extension Dimension; Social Innovation as an Approach to Development Extension; Research and Extension for Development; Contextualizing Extension; Evolution of Extension; Social Innovation; Innovative Directions of Extension; Locating Extension in Development; Participation and Empowerment; Community Capacity and Capability Building, to name a few.