Makino School of Continuing and Non-Formal Education

Makino School of Continuing and Non-Formal Education, formerly known as College of Continuing and Non-Formal Education is a constituent school of Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences located in Allahabad, India.[1][2] The school focuses on farming community, food processing, alternative marketing system, health and nutrition, and rural education.

Makino School of Continuing and Non-Formal Education
TypeConstituent school
Established1976
DeanTeruo Miura
Location
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Websitemscne.org

History

Kazuho Makino, a Japanese agronomist, joined the institute in 1964. In 1976 he launched a Non-Formal Education Center to provide agricultural training to farmers and rural leaders. In 2000 the center was recognized as College of Continuing and Non-Formal Education where Makino served as the first Dean of the college. With the renaming of the university in 2009 the name of the college was changed to the Makino School of Continuing and Non-Formal Education.[3]

Departments
  • Department of Agricultural & Rural Development
  • Department of Rural Women’s Development
  • Department of Rural Community Development
  • Department of Environment & Community Health

References
  1. Oak Forests, Lopping, and the Transformation of Rural Society in Central Himalaya, India. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  2. "Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences". Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. "Makino School of Continuing and Non-Formal Education". Retrieved 1 February 2013.
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