Department of Adult and Continuing Education

Right since the inception of the Deptt., we have been conducting activities in extension in education in the area of four districts i.e. Sangli, Satara, Solapur & Kolhapur through the affiliated colleges in the four Districts.
Focus of these activities is on -
To prepare beneficiaries with functional approach.
To create conducive atmosphere for awareness generation and
To provide opportunities to the people for development of skills. Special attention is given towards target groups such as women both Rural and Urban and slums, farmers, youth, out of school youth, SCs, STs, slum dwellers etc.
Department organizes activities/programmes based on needs of target group. Deptt. mainly organizes activities in the areas such as literacy, adult education, continuing education, population education, human rights education, legal literacy, women education, consumer education, value education etc.
Department also organizes vocational/ Career Oriented Programmes, Equivalent and Quality of life Improvement Programmes, Leadership and Human Resource Development Programmes ; Deptt. also conduct programmes to improve communication skills, life skills, survival skills, vocational skills etc.

Activities
1. Field out reach activities
2. Area based Continuing Education Courses
3. Human value education
4. Panchayat Raj member's orientation
5. Family Life Education
6. Self supporting continuing education courses
7. Organizing Training's/ Seminars/workshops on various topics
8. E - learning programmes
9. Student consulting and guidance
10. Environment Education

Department of Adult and Continuing Education
Dr.Bhalba Vibhute
Director & Head
Dept.of Adult & Continuing Education and Extension Work,
Shivaji University, Kolhapur-416004
Phone No. 0231 - 2690571, 2693643, 2693730
E-mail - [email protected]