Linkage of Higher Education with Agricultural Research, Extension and Development in Ethiopia

Autor/in	Belay, Kassa
Titel	Linkage of Higher Education with Agricultural Research, Extension and Development in Ethiopia
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 21 (2008) 2, S.275-299 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300139
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Agriculture; Extension Agents; Agricultural Skills; Agricultural Colleges; Agricultural Education; Labor Force Development; College Outcomes Assessment; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Curriculum Enrichment; Education Work Relationship; Rural Development; Ethiopia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Landwirtschaft; Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät; Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Ausbildung; Arbeitskräftebestand; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Curriculum; Lehrplan; Reform; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Äthiopien
Abstract	High-level agricultural manpower training in Ethiopian institutions of higher education (AIHE)specializing in agriculture and related fields was studied. The study reveals that high-level agricultural manpower training began in the early 1950s and that, at present, the country has seven institutions of higher learning, which train students in agriculture and related fields. The results of the study show that the AIHE have contributed to the agricultural sector through training high-level agricultural professionals, enhancement of indigenous research capability, and generation and dissemination of technologies. The study also reveals that a host of factors have put a stranglehold on the training process and the professional competence of agricultural graduates. Moreover, the results shed new light on the programmes of study, which were found to be unable to respond to the labour market requirements and current rural realities due to lack of relevance of the curricula, which are no longer able to produce graduates who could deal with the wider problems of rural development. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10