Recently, the reporter learned from the official website of the Ministry of Education that the General Office of the Ministry of Education and four other departments issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of New Agricultural Sciences and Promoting the Innovation an

China Youth Daily Client (China Youth Daily·China Youth Network Intern Reporter Yang Jie) Recently, the reporter learned from the official website of the Ministry of Education that the General Office of the Ministry of Education and four other departments issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of New Agricultural Sciences and Promoting the Innovation and Development of Higher Agricultural and Forestry Education" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"). It mentioned that universities with conditions support the establishment of scarce majors in key areas such as food security, ecological civilization, smart agriculture, nutrition and health, and rural development. Serving the development of new industries and new business formats such as green and low-carbon, multi-functional agriculture, ecological restoration, forest health care, wetland protection, and human settlement environment governance, and lay out the construction of a number of emerging agricultural-related majors.

The "Opinions" emphasizes that we should focus on improving the quality of students in agriculture and forestry. Increase publicity efforts and attract high-quality students to apply for agricultural majors. biological breeding will be included in basic discipline enrollment reform pilot , and disciplines and majors related to biological breeding and agricultural and forestry intelligent equipment will be included in the scope of support for relevant special plans. Encourage cooperation between schools and local governments, explore and promote the training plan for targeted talents in agricultural majors, and implement the pilot reform of "enterprise with posts and graduation with posts". When allocating national scholarships for undergraduate and junior college students, appropriate preference will be given to universities mainly in agriculture and forestry majors.

Screenshot of the official website of the Ministry of Education

The Opinions propose to accelerate the construction of a multi-type agricultural and forestry talent training system. Among them, we should focus on undergraduate agricultural and forestry advantageous disciplines, such as animal and plant production, forestry, and other undergraduate agricultural and forestry colleges. Relying on high-level agricultural and forestry colleges, we should explore the integrated training of undergraduate, master and doctoral students in science and education, and cultivate a group of high-level, high-level, and international innovative agricultural and forestry talents. Actively connect with the new requirements of the integrated development of the first, second and third industries in rural and forest areas and the industrial development of the industry, and strive to strengthen the cultivation of students' practical ability and cultivate a group of highly adaptable and high-quality compound agricultural and forestry talents. Actively connect with the new requirements of rural talent revitalization , and the school-local linkage strives to improve students' production skills and management capabilities, and cultivate a group of applied agricultural and forestry talents who love agriculture, understand technology, and are good at management.

The "Opinions" emphasize that the quota arrangements for recommended postgraduate students without examinations for high-level agricultural and forestry colleges will be coordinated and supported. Deeply promote curriculum teaching reform, comprehensively apply various forms such as written tests and non-standardized answer tests, and strive to cultivate students' innovative consciousness and innovation ability.

The "Opinions" also emphasize the need to comprehensively strengthen education on knowledge and love for agriculture; continuously strengthen the construction and management of textbooks; build a high-level practical teaching base; build a high-level faculty team and increase the construction of "dual-teacher" teachers; strengthen collaborative education of agriculture, science and education; strengthen key core technologies; innovate evaluation mechanisms, encourage universities with conditions to set up science and technology promotion positions, set corresponding evaluation standards based on the characteristics of the job, and open up channels for professional title promotion.

Editor in charge: Yuan Chunlin

Source: China Youth Daily Client