Assessment of Students Attitude towards Agricultural Science Subject in Secondary Schools in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria

Adejoh, S.O.; Edoka, M.H.; Shaibu, U. M.

doi:10.18819/ijavs.2016.1548

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“…This means that that one of the factors that can influence the respondents in pursuing agriculture is the advice and support of their families. Students are often reluctant to pursue or even explore diverse degree possibilities without the parental or families approval or support (Adejoh et al, 2016). This result is corroborated by the works of Esters & Bowen (2004) and Fizer (2013) who reported that the family influences individuals in deciding what degree they will undertake in college.…”

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Determinants of Agriculture as a Degree Choice Among the Youth in Bukidnon, Philippines

Quijano-Pagutayao¹,

David²,

Quimbo³

et al. 2020

IJAR

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The research was conducted to analyze the determinants of agriculture as a degree choice among senior high school students in Bukidnon, Philippines. Specifically, this aimed to describe the personal and non-personal factors of the senior high school students examine the guiding principles of the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSA) curriculum in preparing students in choosing agriculture as a degree and analyze the determinants of choosing agriculture as a degree. Data were gathered through guided interview personally administered to 383 Grade 12 senior high school students in DepEd, District of Bukidnon. Focus group discussion and key informant interview were used. Descriptive statistical, Chi square and logit regression analysis were used to analyzethe determinants of agriculture as a career choice.Findings shows that the respondents are young, mostly female, and have experiences in farming, do not own a piece of land used in agriculture, willing to engage in agriculture but are not willing to enroll in an agriculture degree. Therefore, respondents who will pursue agriculture as a degreeare males and have land used for agriculture, farming experience, and a brother who is working in agriculture-related field. They are individuals who decide on their own degree, influenced by their mothers occupation and their family in decision-making. All the guidelines used by Maredia (2007) are complied by the college in the continuous development of the BS Agriculture degree program. Only the Innovativeness principle does not exist in the college. It does not yet offer distance and open access education but a six-month distance learning program for agriculture professionals may be offered. In order to attract the interest of the youth in agriculture degree, interventions must such as scholarship grants, linkages with private and other industries for on the job trainings and employment, loan system for entrepreneurial purposes of graduates.

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Determinants of Agriculture as a Degree Choice Among the Youth in Bukidnon, Philippines

Quijano-Pagutayao¹,

David²,

Quimbo³

et al. 2020

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“…Getnet and Asrat (2012) indicated that the poor image of persons involved in agriculture needs to be changed and the young people are the ideal catalysts for such change given their greater propensity and willingness to adopt new ideas, concepts and technology which are all critical to changing the way agriculture is practiced and perceived. Perceptions of students on career prospects in agriculture were poor societal value of farmers (Adejoh et al, 2016).…”

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“…Agrawal and Agrawal (2017) and Sood (2014) reported that the interest of farmers was important in farming and their occupational satisfaction affected their incentive to invest in farming whereas report of National Centre of Universities and Business (2015), Akubari (2016), Adejoh et al (2016) and Jayne (2010) found that the young people were usually not interested in this field of work, in large part due to their perception of farming being antiquated and unprofitable and youth regard farming as a 'dirty activity' due to lack of proper facilities and agriculture was regarded as an employer of the last resort to younger generation. Similarly Leavy and Smith (2010) and Narain et al (2015) also found farming as unattractive sector for youth.…”

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Factors Affecting Perception of Farm Families Towards Farming as an Occupation

Rai

Sidhu

Sharma

2022

BKAP

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Background: Perception is the way something is regarded/understood. It is mainly created by two factors; one is physiological and another is psychological characteristics of the human being. Thus, perception is not only physiological process that is what one sees with the eyes it is a much more complex process involving psychological process too, by which any person selectively assimilates and gives meaning to the stimuli in the environment. It is subjective process, thatis why different people perceive the same stimuli in different manner. The current study aimed to study the factors affecting perception of farm families towards farming as an occupation. Methods: The present study was conducted to ascertain the factors affecting perception of farm families towards farming as an occupation. The results are based on the perspective of different researchers. Result: There were six major factorsidentified namely economic, socio-cultural, physical, personal, psychological and push and pull factors affecting perception. The economic factors comprised of variables like income, cost of agricultural production and vicious cycle of debt and loan in farming and socio-cultural factors had variables like professional and social status of farming along with family influence affecting children occupational choice. Personal factors consisted of personal interest and satisfaction of farmers derived from farming while physical factors included hard work and lack of resources along with hazardous working conditions in farming. Stress prevalentamong farmers and satisfaction of farmers either with farming income or its status and risk associated with farming as a profession were studied under psychological factors. Push and pull factors comprised the reasons of farm families attracting towards urban areas for achieving better employment avenues and higher social status and prestige associated with other occupations.

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“…Parents' background, education inclusive (Adejoh et al, 2016) play significant role in determining the agricultural career of children and their finding showed that parents also influence students' attitude towards agricultural science subject in secondary schools. This study was an effort to address the deficiency in curricular objective of agricultural science in the area of skills development and preparation for occupations in agriculture among secondary school students.…”

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“…In other words, the category of Nigerian citizenry of young people, to which the majority of secondary school students belong, is a promising cohort that can easily align with the arguments of tapping into the highly resourced agricultural sector of the country if the right attitude and interest is promoted among them. Unfortunately, Adejoh et al (2016) reported decline in the number of students who choose agricultural science among their list of subjects in senior secondary schools in Nigeria. Similarly, Baliyan & Nenty (2015) recorded the picture of a poor and declining enrollment trend in agriculture in senior secondary schools in Botswana as a major concern for agricultural educators across the country.…”

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Learning-By-Doing Instructional Strategy and Parents Education in Determining Secondary Students Attitude in Agricultural Science

Onanuga¹,

Ifamuyiwa²,

Alebiosu³

2021

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Assessment of Students Attitude towards Agricultural Science Subject in Secondary Schools in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria

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Determinants of Agriculture as a Degree Choice Among the Youth in Bukidnon, Philippines

Determinants of Agriculture as a Degree Choice Among the Youth in Bukidnon, Philippines

Factors Affecting Perception of Farm Families Towards Farming as an Occupation

Learning-By-Doing Instructional Strategy and Parents Education in Determining Secondary Students Attitude in Agricultural Science

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