National Diploma Course In Agriculture Science
By Ziana Hj Mohamad

Bandar Seri Begawan - Wasan Vocational School announced the launch of a new national diploma course in Agriculture Science in July 2008.

The two and a half year course includes crop sciences, animal sciences, crop husbandry, horticulture crops, poultry, and ruminants. It aims to produce future reliable and skilled workforce at technician level to meet the country's demands in the private or government sector sector. There is arising demand for graduates who can combine both-technical expertise and business insights in the agriculture industry.

Entry requirements for this programme include credits in four related GCE `O' level subjects such as agriculture, biology, chemistry, combined science, mathematics and geography.

Application forms are available at the school's administration block. Forms should be completed and returned by Saturday, April 19, 2008. For further information, contact 2683200.

In the first two years of study, the new diploma course will equip students with strong fundamentals and train them to be conversant in IT processes and business services

In the final six months, students will undergo industrial attachment, get immersed in a real-life working environment, and enhance and further develop their learned skills and theories.

The intake is kept to a maximum of 20 students in the pioneer batch in July.

"We have to consider the number of teaching staff and the dire need for agriculture professionals," said Cikgu Haji Mohd Zamri bin Haji Sabli, the principal.

Wasan Vocational School is offering three National Trade Certificate Grade 3 programmes since it started in July 2006. These courses are NTC3 in Fish Husbandry, NTC3 in Crop Production and NTC3 in basic Food Processing.

The latter was initiated last year. With the upcoming new programme for National Diploma level, the school hopes to respond to His Majesty's call in seeing a development in the country's agriculture to be more advanced and able to achieve reliability in the future.

In May 2008 will mark the first convocation for the first two groups of students who had completed their programmes at the end of last year.

Exposure to students varies from educational visits to many hands-on practical work.

It is the school's mission "to provide skill trainings and specialisation so as to provide aspiring entrepreneurs and skilled workforce who could contribute towards national development".

Wasan Vocational School encourages students to strive their best in becoming those whom are knowledgeable, faithful, with morality, confidence and vision.

The school hopes to be a pragmatic training centre of excellence that will prepare future agriculturalists for their personal growth and career success. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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