Projects

Curriculum development for Afghanistan

In the summer of 2011 Agromisa was invited by CDI and Van Hall Larenstein (VHL) to join a team developing Curriculum for Agriculture Education in Afghanistan.

CDI (Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation), People in Need (NGO based in Afghanistan) and Van Hall Larenstein (Wageningen), jointly manage this programme aiming to revitalize Agricultural Technical Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) in Afghanistan.

Agriculture is central to the people and economy of Afghanistan. The war has destroyed much of the agriculture sector and once a net exporter of agricultural produce, Afghanistan now relies on imports and food aid.

The Dutch ATVET project aims to substantially contribute to a reversal of this situation. It will do so by establishing the National Agricultural Education Centre (NAEC). NAEC will train and deliver teachers for agricultural high schools and institutes and provide new curricula specifically geared towards the needs of the country. NAEC is the first Teacher’s College in Afghanistan specifically dedicated to training vocational teachers.

On the Afghan side the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock and the National Agricultural Education Centre are involved. On the Dutch side a Green Knowledge Platform has been formed with organizations as PTCplus, STOAS, ILEIA, AGROMISA and Groenhorst College who will contribute to Curriculum development.

In 2011 Agromisa has contributed by writing two basic documents, setting the context for Curriculum development, about ëAfghan Markets and Chains’ and "Land and Water’. In the first half of 2012 Agromisa will contribute by preparing Lesson modules. Agromisa sourced some former volunteers who have work experience in Afghanistan to contribute to these studies.

Being part of the Green Knowledge platform, puts Agromisa in a relevant network and builds up an expertise in Curriculum development for Agriculture Education.

Source: People in Need

Students taking an exam outside at an agricultural high-school in Nuristan