The Agricultural Technology of Education Department  of Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City – directly under Board of managers, was set up according to Decision No 35/Ministry of University  on 17/07/1985 and Decision No 2722/Decision of Ministry of Education and Training – Organization Official on 27/06/2002 from Minister of the Ministry of Education and Training, training regular education system in 2 branches: Agricultural Technology of Education and Industrial Arts of Education.

Begin enrolled in 2002, up to October 2007, there are 211 regular students in studying both Agricultural Technology of Education and Industrial Arts of Education.

* TRAINING ACTIVITIES

In order to create teachers as proficient specialists, with well moral thought, having a thorough grasp of scientific knowledge, having professionally proficient in science technology, having simultaneously a wide knowledge of educational sciences, psychology of education, methodology of teaching, constructing and managing training education policy programme for teaching, training and organize agricultural production activities, in order to support students in approaching high-tech agriculture in future.

* CAREER AFTER GRADUATING

The B.A of Agricultural Technology of Education shows aptitude for teaching in the field of agricultural education: Careers-guidance teacher, agricultural technology teacher, work in:  pedagogic junior college, agricultural junior college, careers training or vocational training centre.

Participating in science research, in order to solve the problem related with education and agriculture, training human resourses for the goal of national industrialization modernization.

Be an encourage-agricultural-expansion executive or technical executive in government agencies, personal production agency, applied research and science technology transfer centres in agriculture – silviculture – aquaculture.

Students can be continued to study the 2^nd-higher education or study master's degree (MA/ Doctor in Breeding and Cultivating).

* ACTIVITIES

Researching all the advanced-training higher education programs, gradually doing experiment, editing, expanding them strongly. Designing curriculums for all subjects.

Expanding improving local lecturer courses, in domestic or overseas, in order to enhancing the quality of training.

Researching and developing educational training system, supporting administration and operation of school.

Cooperating and supporting school departments to deploy applied information technology in pedagogics, organizing cultivating and updating knowledge courses regularly.

Constructing and improving management system in supporting scheme, utilizing agriculture – silviculture – aquaculture resourses and environment resourses, as well as other fields of technical economy.

Cooperating in training and technology transfer with other departments, utilizing manpower for research.

Constructing and developing international relations in training, researching and teaching activities.

* CONTACT ADDRESS

Room 204, Cam Tu House, Nong Lam University HCMC, Linh trung Ward, Thu Duc District Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.

Phone: (08) 8897119

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