Agriculture in the primary school curriculum: Providing the impetus to the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (original) (raw)

International Open and Distance Learning Journal, 2017

Abstract

Zimbabwe is an agro-based country and the majority of citizens rely of agriculture for their livelihoods. In order to foster a culture meant towards the realisation of adequate agriculture output, a number of initiatives have been put in place. Among these is the introduction of agriculture in the primary schools. The introduction has come with its own successes and challenges. This study sought to establish the successes and challenges in implementation of agriculture in primary schools. This study adopted the descriptive survey approach in which questionnaires were used to solicit data required to answer the research questions. The research data were obtained from 100 primary school teachers in Chegutu district. The teachers were drawn from different categories of primary schools which included urban, farm and mine schools. Results show that most schools in Chegutu district have a sustainable programme on Agriculture for Grade 7 pupils. Most schools are on track to implement the s...

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