Gender Education for Agricultural Extension Workers: “Gender-sensitive Curriculum” in Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) Colleges in Ethiopia
Year: 2017
Type: dissertation
Abstract: 論文題目 氏 名Ethiopia highly depends on its agricultural sector.The Ethiopian government considers agriculture to be one of the key sectors for its national development, and particularly highlighted the importance of agricultural extension services.The current agricultural extension services are provided mainly through agricultural extension workers known as Development Agents (DA).However, female farmers have fewer opportunities to access agricultural extension services than male farmers.Providing training to DAs to improve gender sensitivity is one of the strategies of the government to achieve gender equality in the access to the agricultural extension services.The training is provided in an Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) College.They are administered by MoA but are under the common framework of the Ethiopian formal TVET System.TVET programs are expected to be designed to cultivate the skills and knowledge required for certification according to the Ethiopian Occupational Standard (EOS) developed for respective industries.However, since no EOS has been specifically designed for DA training, ATVET Colleges borrow EOSs from other occupations in the commercial agricultural sector.These EOSs focus predominantly on agricultural techniques but do not include any gender-related knowledge for DAs.Hence, the government developed the gender-sensitive DA training curriculum in 2010.The gender-sensitive DA training curriculum aims to develop the attitude among future DAs to achieve gender equality in the agricultural sector by providing necessary knowledge.According to the Gender Division at MoA, there are three pillars of the gender-sensitive DA training curriculum: 1) providing an additional course titled Gender and Development, 2) providing gender-related activities through a gender office in each college, and 3) encouraging teachers to be gender sensitive when they teach their courses.Although MoA developed the course module for the gender-sensitive DA training curriculum and provided training to teachers, 報告番号 ※
Authors: SHIMAZU, Yuki, 島津, 侑希
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7208345114