Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication, Department of
Date of this Version
1961
Citation
Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture (1961) 2(1): 15–19
Abstract
(1) Employers in farm related occupations are not assuming the responsibility of educating their employees, (2) the proportion of workers able to secure unskilled employment is decreasing, (3) the numbers of skilled, technical, clerical, managerial and sales jobs are increasing, {4) many rural youth will inevitably enter non-farming agricultural jobs and (5) although their farm backgrounds and experiences are valuable, they will require considerable education to qualify for and advance in satisfactory employment.
Whether it be supplementing of high school courses, area schools at the post-high school level, community colleges, on-the-job cooperative training, or some other method, it is apparent that the need is great to enable these thousands of rural youth who leave the farms to become better qualified for skilled and technical or professional jobs. The needs must be ascertained in the various states. We must mentally pioneer then actively plan and push for the much-needed vocational guidance and occupational preparation for these young folks. They are our most valuable crop!
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