ABSTRACT
This paper seeks to identify the skill needs of workshop attendants for effective operation of Agricultural Education workshops in a period of recessed economy. It analyzed the concept of Agricultural Education as a skill acquisition programme in need of workshops to actualize its objectives. It also conceptualized the term “Agricultural education workshops” while raising some arguments between Agricultural education workshop and Agricultural laboratories. Some objectives and importance of Agricultural education workshop were enumerated. Some problems, observations and areas of policy needs were discussed with regards to Agricultural Education workshop. It was identified that the term “Agricultural Education workshop” is not popularly used in available literatures. An Agricultural education workshop attendant was described while identifying the skill needs and operational activities to be included in the workshop such as Agricultural engineering skills/activities, crop/soil skills/activities, processing skills/activities, fish culturing skills/activities, administrative and management skills/activities, waste management skills/activities, etc. Based on this review, recommendations were made to encourage the usage of qualified and competent workshop attendants for effective implementation of Agricultural Education as a tool for self-reliance, economic growth and development. There should be a plan for training and re-training workshop attendants to keeping their skills in line with the dynamics of education.
KEY WORDS: Agricultural education, workshop, workshop attendants, Agricultural education workshop
Nwabueze Monday, G. (2018). Skill Needs of Workshop Attendants for the effective Operation of Agricultural Education Workshops in a Recessed Economy. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/gideons-paper
Nwabueze Monday, Gideon "Skill Needs of Workshop Attendants for the effective Operation of Agricultural Education Workshops in a Recessed Economy" Afribary. Afribary, 02 Nov. 2018, https://afribary.com/works/gideons-paper. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Nwabueze Monday, Gideon . "Skill Needs of Workshop Attendants for the effective Operation of Agricultural Education Workshops in a Recessed Economy". Afribary, Afribary, 02 Nov. 2018. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/gideons-paper >.
Nwabueze Monday, Gideon . "Skill Needs of Workshop Attendants for the effective Operation of Agricultural Education Workshops in a Recessed Economy" Afribary (2018). Accessed November 21, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/gideons-paper