Upper Secondary Agricultural Education as a Key Source of Skilled Labour Force for Czech Agriculture

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Upper Secondary Agricultural Education as a Key Source of Skilled Labour Force for Czech Agriculture

Original language description

The paper aims to analyse the supply and demand of agricultural labour force in the Czech Republic (CR), with a particular focus on upper secondary agricultural education. While the number of applicants for agricultural studies has been relatively stable, agricultural enterprises have been struggling to secure qualified workforce in the long term. This is despite the relatively even distribution of agricultural fields of studies throughout the country and the apparent sufficiency of agricultural graduates in relation to the labour force in agriculture. The paper examines the main agricultural specializations within upper secondary educational fields of study (programmes ending with a “maturita” examination and an apprenticeship certificate). It compares the ability of schools to generate enough graduates with the requirements of agricultural practice. This analysis will shed light on the extent to which the education system is meeting the needs of the Czech agricultural sector. The study uses a combination of secondary statistical data sources. The data sources include the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) for data on the agricultural workforce and its socio-demographic characteristics, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the CR (MLSA CR) for data on labour demand and foreign workers in the agricultural sector, and the National Pedagogical Institute of the CR (NPI CR) for data on the number of agricultural secondary school graduates from 2014–2021.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Agrarian perspectives XXXII. Human Capital and Education in Agriculture

ISBN

978-80-213-3309-3

ISSN

1213-7960

e-ISSN

2464-4781

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

231-248

Publisher name

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Place of publication

Praha

Event location

Praha

Event date

Sep 6, 2023

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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