The Motivation of Agricultural Schools Students Affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture-Jahad in Choosing and Entering the Second Phase of Agricultural High Schools

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1 1. Associate Professor, Institute of Agricultural Education and Extension, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran.

3 Professor, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center in Bushehr, Bushehr, Iran

10.22092/jaear.2024.363365.1971

Abstract

By Considering the significant decrease in the ratio of agricultural students to the total number of high school students in the past decade in Iran, therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the mechanisms of attracting, retaining and supporting students and students entering the secondary degree of in agricultural schools and factors affecting it. The research method used in this research was quantitative and qualitative and of the survey and interview type, and the statistical population of this study is the students studying in the agricultural schools of Tehran, Khorasan Razavi and Semnan provinces and the experts and facilitators of these trainings. They were selected by the purposeful sampling method and interviewed by a researcher-made questionnaire, in order to achieve the best solutions and educational mechanisms for attracting, maintaining and supporting scientific - technical and financial - facilities for students and graduates of these courses. The results of the exploratory factor analysis on the motivation of students to study in agricultural colleges, these motivations are divided into six factors: "Interest in agricultural career", "Earning income", "Continuation of father's profession", "Using the facilities available in colleges". agriculture", "personal and social development", and "influence of family, friends and advisors". Finally, suggestions based on research findings have been presented in order to increase and maintain the motivation of students of agricultural colleges.

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