Abstract
The growth, development and progress of any nation entirely depend on its ability to actually manipulate its human and agricultural resources by ensuring adequate scientific, technological and skillful knowledge in agricultural education of higher institutions to meet up with the increasing challenges in our nation. The major problem affecting the higher institutions ability to meet the nations need for agricultural education graduates is the lukewarm attitude of the government to promote the course of agricultural education. The skill and knowledge of agricultural education help the child to create employment and contribute more meaningful to the nation’s economic development. This paper therefore focuses on the role of government on challenges of agricultural education for child and economic development. This paper among others discussed the link between agricultural education and human and economic development. The paper also among others suggested evolving agricultural education and training system model that will provide coordinated efforts of agricultural institutions to better tackle challenges as they emerge. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n26p72
Highlights
The Ashby commission set up in 1959 by the Federal Government noted with dismay that agriculture was the man stay of Nigeria yet agricultural Schools had failed to attract bright Young men with school certificate
What may be seen as the climax of agricultural education in Nigeria is the establishment of University of agriculture at Makurdi, Abeokute and Umudike to produce high level manpower in different areas of agriculture
It is hoped that much encouragement will be given to the study of agricultural education in higher institutions for without adequately trained teachers of agriculture; the younger generations may continue to develop apathy for agriculture as a profession
Summary
The Ashby commission set up in 1959 by the Federal Government noted with dismay that agriculture was the man stay of Nigeria yet agricultural Schools had failed to attract bright Young men with school certificate. The out come of the commissions recommendation led to the establishment of the Universities in Nsukka, Zaria, Ife, Benin etc. These Universities, offer courses in agriculture and related disciplines. What may be seen as the climax of agricultural education in Nigeria is the establishment of University of agriculture at Makurdi, Abeokute and Umudike to produce high level manpower in different areas of agriculture. This is in addition to other Universities and other tertiary institutions in the country with faculties of agriculture. The lukewarm attitude of the government toward agricultural education gave rise to among others, food insecurity, environmental degradation, societal youth unemployment and the most inadequate agricultural teaches, for without the agricultural teachers, the younger generations may continue to develop apathy for agriculture as a profession
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