UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL
The Department of Lifelong Learning and Extension (DLLE), University of North Bengal has been pursuing its mission along the philosophy of Lifelong Learning as a part of the creation of learning knowledge society. The present Department of Lifelong Learning and Extension, University of North Bengal emerged to its present form through or long and impressive journey— from Centre for Adult and Continuing Education to the full-fledged Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension via Department of Adult, Continuing Education, Extension & Field Outreach.
The Centre for Adult Continuing Education [CACE], University of North Bengal commenced functioning from August 1987 with financial assistance received from the University Grants Commission. The Centre was upgraded into an academic Department in April 2005 under UGC 10th Plan Guidelines. The name of the Department was Department of Adult, Continuing Education, Extension & Field Outreach [DACEEFO]. As per the Eleventh Plan Guidelines of UGC and the decision of the North Bengal University Executive Council, the Department has become a full-fledged Department with full academic status under the University of North Bengal. The nomenclature has been changed as the Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension (DLLE) in October, 2009. From its inception, the thrust of the Department has been the expansion of the third dimension of higher education in Northern part of West Bengal by meeting regional need of Adult Education, Continuing Education, Population Education, Health Education, Environmental Education and Rural Development Education as well as by taking up several successive educational extension and outreach activities that extend far beyond the traditional academic programmes delivered through the University system. Along the line of the major goals of the department stipulated by the UCC, the department started imparting formal education besides the basic thrust of reaching the community in the form of Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development and Extension Education in the year 2006. Then, from 2011, the department, catering to the needs of the society, started regular M.A. Programme in Rural Development.
Read More...
The learners will have knowledge of developmental theories and methods, developmental schemes and projects for rural development. With adequate field based and extension works they will be ready for governmental and non-governmental works in rural areas.
Open to ALL students
Restricted to NBU students
Note for restricted seats :
Note for open seats :
About us
The Aims and Objectives of the department are; to promote a meaningful and sustained report between the University and the community, to extend knowledge and other institutional resources to the community and vice- versa. To gain insights from a contact between knowledge resource and social-cultural realities, to develop two-way process between the experts and the people, to create an ambience for a learning society, to facilitate the development of capabilities of the community for the overall development and help people to improve quality of life.
a state-of-the-art learning environment
an exhaustive source of knowledge resources
Support Staffs
Associate Professor
(HoD)
Assistant Professor
on contract
Assistant Professor Economics, Rural Development
Head of the Department
[email protected] +91 8918891191
locate us @ google map