National workshop on population education.

The First National Workshop on Population Education was held from 16 to 18 November 1978 involving principals and instructors in extension education of all the eight agricultural extension training institutes regional directors of agriculture some district extension officers and representatives from voluntary agencies involved in population education. The object of the Workshop was to discuss and modify the materials prepared for the introduction of the concept of population education in agricultural training institutes. Some materials were also adopted for training purposes of village extension agents. The World Bank project of the Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for introducing in Bangladesh the concept of population education to pre-service village-level extension workers in the various agricultural extension institutes and the first project to recruit female extension workers for service in rural areas.(FULL-TEXT)