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GoAgro

2021-1-HR01-KA122-VET-0000176532021Short-term projects for mobility of learners and staff in vocational education and training finalized
Countries: HR · Grant: €80,295.49
Development of disadvantaged rural and urban areasOvercoming skills mismatch and addressing the needs of the labour marketInitial and continuous training for teachers, trainers and other education staff

Objectives

With this project, we wanted to: - gain new knowledge about the way of teaching and the application of modern techniques in practical teaching in the field of agriculture in accordance with the latest European trends and the needs of the labor market; to apply innovations on the school premises, especially in the field of modern and sustainable agriculture, since we are an eco-school with a diamond certificate, and to transfer gained knowledge and practices to the students, making them a part of the school's regular activities - improve the professional competence of students in accordance with modern technologies and techniques in agriculture (floristry, horticulture, farming, training company), improve students' motivation for high-quality education in agriculture, encouraging them to staying on their family farms or continue their education - provide students with an opportunity to attend practical training they do not have the opportunity to carry out within our school premises in the field of horse breeding and animal care - encourage the development of students' linguistic, intercultural and transversal skills; promote the inclusion of students with special needs

Background

The school educates students (currently 338) in agriculture, nutrition, forestry and mechanization sectors and is nominated the Regional Centre of Competence in the field of agriculture. It also offers the possibility of adult education and has students with special needs and a significant number of students with fewer opportunities. The school, which is also certified eco-school with a diamond certificate, has an active students’ cooperative "Agro" producing, packaging and selling its own products. The school has 52 ha of land, hydroponic greenhouses, an orchard, a school demonstrative garden, a workshop for agricultural mechanization, a forestry nursery, an orchard and a demonstrative vineyard, and is currently in the process of equipping its facilities with modern agricultural technologies and implementing education for teachers in the field of agriculture in order to be able to successfully transfer the latest knowledge and techniques in the agricultural sector to the students. The students of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades specialising in the programmes agricultural technician for phytopharmacy and agrotechnician as well as the 2nd-grade students of the florist programme participated in this project.

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