President Goodluck Jonathan today, Monday October 20,
launched the schools agricultural programme. This is In a bid to introduce
young school children to the culture of agriculture as a business for effective
sustainability.
The senior special assistant to the president on schools
Agric programme, Dr Baraka Sani, disclosed this during a courtesy call on the
minister of education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau. She emphasized that the success
of the programme must be sustained throughout implementation as it sets to
address the issue of unemployment especially for those who cannot procede
immediately to tertiary institutions.
She further urged on the minister to prevail on behalf of
the programme by encouraging a change in the establishment of the Tertiary
Education Trust Fund(TETFund) law so that the organisation can be part of the
programme through sponsorships and other interventions .
The minister in his remark commended the project as
laudable and disclosed that for a smooth take-off and effectiveness of the
programme, the dearth of agric teachers must be addressed as the initiative
will build in the students patriotism and self-respect.
The programme is expected to deal with all fields of
agriculture such as poultry, fisheries, etc. it is also expected to catch them
young and has a life span of six years within which there will be a withdrawal
strategy.
It is aimed at inculcating the spirit of agriculture into
school children through social school clubs with agriculture business as
foundation and also through collaboration with the Nigeria Educational Research
and Development Council (NERDC) in its Agric curriculum formation.
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