Y.M.Khanif Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN TERTIARY

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

Y.M.Khanif

Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia

INTRODUCTION

Univeristi Putra Malaysia

INTRODUCTION

Agriculture is for food security and human survival

Agriculture is for creation of wealth Sustaining the rural economy



Universities Offering Agriculture Programs in MalaysiaUniversity Faculty

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Agriculture

Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Plantation and Agro technology

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) School of Sustainable Agriculture

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)

Resources Science and Technology

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) Agro technology and Food Science

Univeristi Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)

Agriculture and Biotechnology

Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) Agro industry and Natural Resources


LEARNING OUTCOMEs Knowledge / cognitive Psychomotor/ Skills / Practical Critical thinking & scientific approach Communication skill Social skills & responsibility Professionalism, values, attitude & ethics Life long learning & information mgt. Managerial & entrepreneurial skill Leadership skill


ISSUES & CHALLENGES


GENDER GAP


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HUMAN RESOURCE REQUIREMENT ?


Utusan Malaysia 5.9.2012


IMAGE CRISIS


Candidates Choice During Application - Faculty of Agriculture 2004/5

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Level of Agreement of Perception Regarding Selected StatementsStatement

M RankRank

Agricultural science subject ought to be given due respect by the university ofagriculture in the process of screening applicants for the diploma program.

4.6 1Agricultural science subject is suitable only for students who are weak inscience.

4.3 2Agricultural science subject enables the students to identify factors influencingplant and animal production. 4.3 2

Mohd Ibrahim Nazri 2003 ( Jour. IAEE, Vol 10, p 1-8)


Agricultural science was perceived as asubject suitable only to students who were weak in science. This has implications for the image problem of the agriculture subject and the students enrolled in the subject.

Mohd Ibrahim Nazri 2003 Perceptions of Supervisors, Teachers, and Students Regarding the New AgriculturalScience Syllabus for Upper Secondary Schools, Malaysia, Jour IAEE Volume 10: 1 pp 1-8



It is tough to attract the younger generation to start a career as a professional planter in Malaysia nowadays.

The stigma of being an “orang estet” working in oil palm or rubber plantations which is traditionally linked with rural poverty, lack of basic amenities and poor social networking, has never been a good motivation for young agricultural graduates or those in agri-related fields.

More often than not, a plantation job is the last choice of young professionals in Malaysia, says Incorporated Society of Planters (ISP) chairman Daud Amatzin (pic).

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Saturday , July 2 2011

HANDS – ON FACILITIES


DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL SKILLS

Real life farm for teaching and research University farm to agricultural students is

equivalent to university hospital to medical students

State of the art showcases of agricultural technologies access to students



AGROLOGIST ACT


Members of BIM1. The Inst. of Engineers Malaysia

(IEM)2. Inst. Kimia Malaysia (IKM)3. The Agri. Inst. of Malaysia (AIM)4. Malaysian Dental Assoc. (MDA)5. Malaysian Medical Assoc. (MMA)6. Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia

(PAM)7. Malaysian Pharmaceutical

Society (MPS)8. Veterinary Assoc. Malaysia (VAM)9. The Inst. of Surveyors Malaysia

(ISM)10. Malaysian Inst. of Planners (MIP)11. Malaysian Assoc. of Social

Workers (MASW)

12. The Plastics and Rubber Inst. of Malaysia (PRIM)

13. Malaysian Society of Soil Science

(MSSS)

14. Inst. Rimbawan Malaysia (IRIM)

15. Chartered Inst. of Building Malaysia

CIOBM)

16. Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia (ILAM)

17. Inst. Perekabentuk Dalaman

Malaysia (IPDM)

18. Inst. of Internal Auditors Malaysia(IIAM)

19. Bar Council Malaysia (BCM)

20. Institute of Materials Malaysia(IMM)


Act 117ARCHITECTS ACT 1967ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

QUANTITY SURVEYORS. ACT 1967

The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) is a body corporate established under the provisions of section 3(1) of the Medical Act 1971 whilst

Malaysia. ACT 147. VETERINARY SURGEONS ACT 1974. Date of Royal Assent ... ACT 147. “Council” means the Malaysian Veterinary

LAWS OF MALAYSIA. ACT 51. DENTAL ACT 1971

The Accountants Act 1967 established the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)

Town Planners. LAWS OF MALAYSIA. Act 538. TOWN PLANNERS ACT 1995

LAWS OF MALAYSIA. Act 580. COUNSELLORS ACT 1998

Architects' Act 1967 to also include the Interior Designers

Licensed Land Surveyors. LAWS OF MALAYSIA. Act 458. LICENSED LAND SURVEYORS ACT 1958.

GEOLOGISTS ACT 2008 -Act 689 (12 March 09)


http://www.bem.org.my/v3/pdf/ACT2007.pdf

Certified Professional Agronomists (CPAg), Certified Professional Soil Scientists (CPSSc), and Certified Professional Soil Classifiers (CPSC)

The Institute of Professional Soil Scientists (IPSS), is a professional body that aims to promote and enhance the status of soil science and allied disciplines.

Professional agrologist (abbreviated P.Ag. or PAg) or agronome in the Province of Québec) refers to members of the self-regulated agrology



RECOMENDATION National blue print for agricultural

education in Malaysia Projection of human resource requirement

for the future Professional accreditation – Agrologist Act Rebranding of agriculture profession

among the younger generation Minimize gender gap among agriculture

graduates


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Y.M.Khanif Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia