Red Meat Profit Partnership and New Zealand Young Farmers partner for education programme
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The Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP) has teamed up with New Zealand Young Farmers to promote the value of Education in
Agriculture. This new programme offers teachers and students the chance to engage with the Primary Sector to highlight
the opportunities within New Zealand’s largest export led industry. This journey is to be “triggered off” with a launch
event in Christchurch on September 22.
This programme will offer teachers and students the chance to engage with the Primary Sector to show the vast learning
and career opportunities within the industry. Much more than “on-farm” careers this programme encompasses the full value
chain – the science, innovation, marketing as well as the global consumer.
New Zealand Young Farmers CEO Terry Copeland says “our future prosperity depends on these value chains being well
supplied with our skilled and talented people”.
New Zealand Young Farmers is creating an assessment and resource-based programme to engage in an active teaching and
learning conversation with schools, teachers, students and their communities. Partnered with CORE Education, the
organisation is developing professional and NZQA accredited teaching and learning resources for teachers and students to
take up and learn through the context of the Red Meat value chain.
“Having these programmes are crucial to the success of not only the New Zealand agriculture industry, but also the New
Zealand economy”, says Mr Copeland.
New Zealand Young Farmers team of seven Field Officers are already engaged with a number of schools and students through
the NZYF TeenAg programme.
The organisation plans to have resources for teachers as early as December 2015. The resources will cater for Years 9
and 10 as well as NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3. The full set of resources will be phased in over several years and cover a
range of curriculum areas based on school and teacher feedback as part of the organic development process.