The government of India is going to bring the country\u2019s first National Agriculture Education Policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In-Detail<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The government is set to being the first\nNational Agriculture Education Policy.<\/li>
The policy will bring academic credit\nbanks and degree programmes with multiple exits and entry options.<\/strong><\/li>
The Agricultural education policy\napplies to 74 universities which are focused on crop science, veterinary,\nfisheries and dairy training and research.<\/strong><\/li>
The Agriculture Ministry will soon\nreceive a draft text of the policy being prepared by a six member committee of\nVice-Chancellors.<\/li>
Every year in the country, more than\n45,000 students are admitted to agriculture universities.<\/li>
The agricultural education is already\naligned with the new education policy which wants a shift to four-year\nundergraduate degrees and experimental education.<\/li>
The major challenge for the universities\nwill be the push towardsmulti-disciplinary sciences.<\/li>
Currently, Agri Universities are\ndomain-specific in horticulture, veterinary science and fisheries sciences,\netc. <\/li>
The new education policy wants to\nincorporate humanities and social sciences along with agri sciences, which will\nbe a big challenge for Universities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Academic\nCredit Banks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The Academic Credit Banks allow the\nmovement of students within and outside the University system. <\/li>
This is done by incorporating distributed\nlearning systems.<\/li>
A credit-based formal system will be\nestablished that integrates skills and experience in the credit recognition\nsystem.<\/li>
The academic earned from Higher Education\nInstitutions will be digitally stored and can be used for awarding a\ncertificate, degree or diploma. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
READY Programme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The agricultural education policy has a\nsix month internship programme called READY which is Rural\nEntrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana.<\/strong><\/li>
In this programme, all the students have\nto undergo a six month internship programme.<\/li>
This program is in their fourth year to\ngain hands-on training, industrial experience, research expertise,\nentrepreneurship skills and rural awareness.<\/li>
The main obstacle of the program is how\nto ensure that experiential learning is made available for all the students if\nthere is multiple entry-exit systems.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"