Extension Field Trip 2025

Professor Dr. Md. Kamrul Hasan

2025-08-19

Extension Field Trip 2025

  • B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.), Session 2019–2020
  • Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
  • Patuakhali Science and Technology University
  • Dumki, Patuakhali 8660
  • Date: 10-15 August 2025
  • Place: Digholia, Fultola, and Jashore Sadar

Outline

  • What is extension field trip?
  • Why is it done?
  • How to do it?
  • What are the expectations?
  • What are your queries?

Extension Field Trip

  • Extension field trip is a part of the course contents of ARD 422 (Extension Program Building and Technology Transfer).
  • This is a capstone program that introduces students with field level activities of various government offices related to agricultural and rural development.
  • This out-of-class visit to the rural areas brings practical experiences, which are complementary to the classroom contents.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the field trip, the participant students will be able to:

  • explain the administrative structure of a upazila (sub-district)
  • illustrate the organogram of different government departments
  • describe the services mentioned in the citizen charters
  • summarize the objectives of visited projects in the farmers’ field
  • suggest improvements for rural development projects.

Preparation

  • Plan for possible places
  • Approval from university authority
  • Receiving funds, zccommodation and transport
  • Communicating with the hosts
  • Take some money for meals.
  • Take 40-50 A4 size blank sheets of paper for report writing.
  • No specific dress code, take a clean bed sheet if needed.

Schedule 2025

  • 10 August: travelling to the selected upazila
  • 11 August: attending the conference of upazila level officers
  • 12 August: visiting various upazila level offices
  • 13 August: visiting project areas and meeting farmers
  • 14 August: report preparation
  • 15 August: receiving certificates and coming back

Groups and Guides

  • ID 1901001–1901057 (Serial 1–47) [male 29, female 18 = 47]
  • Stay: Hort Center, Daulatpur
  • Teacher Guide: Professor Dr. Md. Kamrul Hasan
  • Assistant: Md. Saidul Islam

ID 1901058–1901163 (Serial 48–127) [male 39, female 41 = 80]

  • Stay: RRF
    • ID 1901058–1901118 (Serial 48–94) [male 26, female 21 = 47]
    • Teacher Guide: Professor Dr. Md. Mamun-ur-Rashid
    • Assistant: Md. Jahidul Islam
  • Stay: RARS
    • ID 1901120–1901132 (Serial 95–107) [male 5, female 8 = 13]
    • Teacher Guide: Assistant Professor Shekhar Mondal
    • Assistant: (not listed)
  • Stay: Banchte Shekha
    • ID 1901133–1901163 (Serial 108–127) [male 8, female 12 = 20]
    • Teacher Guide: Assistant Professor Aparajita Badhan
    • Assistant: (not listed)
  • ID 1901164–1801177 (Serial 128–188) [male 41, female 20 = 61]
  • Stay: GSS, Fultola
    • Teacher Guide: Professor Dr. Md. Golam Rabbani Akanda and Associate Professor A.T.M Sanaul Haque
    • Assistants: Md. Afzal Hossain and Md. Ataur Rahman

Day 1: Starting 10 August 2025

  • @ 9.00–9.30 am from PSTU:
  • @ 10.30 am from Rupatoli, Barishal
    • 4 buses in front of Admin Building at PSTU
    • 1 for Daulatpur, Khulna [ID 1901001–1901057, Serial 1–47]
    • 1 for Fultola, Khulna [ID 1901164–1801177, Serial 142–188]
    • 1 for RRF, Jashore [ID 1901058–1901118, Serial 48–94]
    • 1 (mixed) for Fultola, Banchte Shekha, and RARS [ID 1901120–1901163, Serial 95–141]
    • Use the bus according to the serial, otherwise you will be marked absent during roll call.
  • @ 1.00 pm: Lunch and prayer break
  • @ 3.00–5.00 pm: Exploring the staying places

Day 2 to 6

  • Follow your teacher guide’s instruction.
  • Your attendances may be recorded several times a day.
  • Attend all the sessions and keep notes for reporting.
  • Prepare part of your reports regularly.
  • Day 5 afternoon and night: Finalize your report in a feedback session.
  • Day 6: Return to PSTU

Your Payment

  • Total budget (B)
  • Central expenditure (C): bus fare, banner, certificates, logistics
  • Local expenditure (L): accommodation, water bottles, tissue, snacks for conference, aerosol
  • Individual payment (P): meals, local transport, own expenditure
  • Formula: P = B - (C + L)
  • Your guide teacher will pay twice during the tour.
  • Remaining amount will be paid at the end.

Money Disbursement

  • Total bus fare, banner, certificates, logistics cost will be divided by the number of students to calculate per head central expenditure.
  • Upon meeting the local expenditures, the guide teachers will distribute the money to you.
  • Remaining will be given to the guide teachers.

Seat Distribution

  • Have patience, wait at the gate
  • Guide teacher will talk to the host
  • Guide teacher will know the number of rooms with capacity
  • Guide teacher will distribute the keys to each group
  • Do not see the rooms before taking the keys
  • Take the key and go required number of students in a room
  • Take the key …. and repeat the process until end

Food

  • Arrange on your own (guest house or restaurant)
  • Teachers will not arrange your meals
  • Drink only safe water
  • Vegetarian: talk to the guest house or explore other options

Beware of Pests and Nuisance

  • Teachers will buy mosquito coils and aerosol
  • Take extra care for fire hazard
  • Use your own bed sheet for hygiene purpose
  • Take small soap, shampoo and other personal cosmetics
  • Take umbrella, sunglassess, water heater (if needd), medicines

Emergency Management

  • Sick: Immediately inform your guide teacher
  • Send message to your parents in a soft tone.
  • Your guide teacher will arrange a shift for you with either your classmate or family members
  • Caution: Keep your emergency medicine with you, espcially for asthma, allergic reaction, anaphyllaxis.

Tentative Marks Distribution

  • Attendance and punctuality (15%)
  • Teamwork and cooperation (15%)
  • Ethical values (15%)
  • Extra satisfactory performance (5%)
  • Presentation of report or requested part (20%)
  • Report (30%)

Responsibility

  • This is not a pleasure trip.
  • Consider adjustment and adaptation to the local situation.
  • Accept temporary discomfort in the dormatory.
  • Respect local culture and customs.
  • Behave well, show pleasant attitude.
  • You will only show classmate-like relationships.
  • No other relationships such as spouse and enemey must not be demonstrated.

Final Touch

  • You can arrange a feedback with fun session (consult your guide teacher)
  • Submit your completed report and take certificate
  • Take the bus waiting outside (jashore 9.30 am, Fultola 10.15 am, and Digholia 10.30 am).
  • If you want to go home directly, your guide may talk to your guardians. You will not get bus fare reimbursement.
  • Lunch break at Khulna Zero point (may not be possible due to Friday prayer).
  • Arrive at PSTU at around 6.00 pm

Nostalgia

  • Don’t forget to compile your beautiful photos and memories.
  • Make an album selecting the best ones.
  • Share those with us for uploading in the PSTU website.

Thank you so much.

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