The Coordinator of Farmers and Livestock Organizations (COAG) has presented a campaign so that content on the agri-food sector is taught in a broader and more objective way in the mandatory primary and secondary education syllabus. “We aspire to get a specific subject on agri-food culture to bring students and teachers closer to the reality of food production and its transformation. To do this, educational laws must be modified at both the state and regional levels,” stressed the general secretary of COAG, Miguel Padilla.
To gather the maximum number of possible supports, COAG has prepared an exhaustive report that has already been presented to political groups represented in the Congress of Deputies and to the entire associative fabric related to this initiative: more than 40 associations of parents of students , teachers, nutritionists, professional organizations in the food chain, educators, already know this initiative.
In addition, the initiative will soon be presented to the ministries of Education, Agriculture, Health and Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 and a campaign to collect signatures has been launched.
From COAG they hope that this analysis will serve to justify the importance and need to carry out a political advocacy campaign from civil society, concerned about the almost non-existent presence of the agri-food sector in the compulsory education of Spanish students.
The three themes that constitute the axis of the document – food, health and the agri-food chain – are not only strongly interrelated, but also play a very important role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For this reason, COAG has carried out a study on the presence of these themes in the compulsory education curriculum. On the one hand, the basic knowledge established by the regulations for Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate Education and its representation in textbooks have been analyzed.
“We start from a state curriculum that is very ambitious in terms of content, but not very specific, which focuses on science, technology, sustainability and the urban, but which in general shows an agri-food sector that is biased and filtered by the environment and under an eminently urban vision. For example, in high school the term “agriculture” appears 5 times, four of them cited simply as an example, and the fifth in the context of “pollution, salinization and degradation of soil and water”, in the syllabi corresponding to the subjects of Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences. Something similar happens with the term livestock, which appears only 3 times,” stressed Jaume Bernis, responsible for this initiative in the COAG Executive Commission.
They demand that compulsory education offers new generations much deeper and more extensive training, and at all educational levels, about the importance of food in its health, economic and social aspects.
COAG hopes that this analysis will serve to justify the importance and need to carry out a political advocacy campaign from civil society, concerned about the almost non-existent presence of the agri-food sector in the compulsory education of Spanish students.
Therefore, they demand that compulsory education offer the new generations much deeper and more extensive training, and at all educational levels, about the importance of food in its health, economic and social facets, reaching the point, if It will be considered necessary to incorporate a subject that addresses these topics. “Committing to the education of the youngest is investing in the knowledge and health of the new generations,” added the person responsible for this project on the COAG Executive Committee, Jaume Bernis.
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Mratibu wa Mashirika ya Wakulima na Wanyama (COAG) amewasilisha kampeni ili maudhui juu ya sekta ya kilimo na chakula yafundishwe kwa njia pana na ya kweli katika mtaala wa lazima wa elimu ya msingi na sekondari. <unk>Tunajitahidi kupata somo maalum juu ya utamaduni wa kilimo na chakula ili kuleta wanafunzi na walimu karibu na ukweli wa uzalishaji wa chakula na mabadiliko yake. Ili kufanya hivyo, sheria za elimu lazima zibadilishwe katika ngazi ya serikali na kikanda, <unk> alisisitiza katibu mkuu wa COAG, Miguel Padilla. Ili kukusanya idadi kubwa ya msaada unaowezekana, COAG imepanga ripoti kamili ambayo tayari imewasilishwa kwa vikundi vya kisiasa vilivyowakilishwa katika Bunge la Wawakilishi na kwa muundo mzima wa ushirika unaohusiana na mpango huu: zaidi ya vyama 40 vya wazazi wa wanafunzi, walimu, wataalamu wa lishe, mashirika ya kitaaluma katika mlolongo wa chakula, walimu, tayari wanajua mpango huu. "Kulingana na taarifa hiyo, mpango huo utawasilishwa hivi karibuni kwa wizara za elimu, kilimo, afya na haki za kijamii, matumizi na Agenda 2030 na kampeni ya kukusanya saini imeanzishwa.""" "Kutoka kwa COAG, wanatarajia kwamba uchambuzi huu utatumika kuhalalisha umuhimu na haja ya kufanya kampeni ya utetezi wa kisiasa kutoka kwa jamii ya kiraia, inayohusika na uwepo wa karibu wa sekta ya chakula katika elimu ya lazima ya wanafunzi wa Uhispania. """ "Mitu mitatu ambayo huunda mhimili wa hati hiyo - chakula, afya na mlolongo wa chakula cha kilimo - sio tu inahusiana sana, lakini pia ina jukumu muhimu sana katika kufikia Malengo ya Maendeleo Endelevu (SDGs).""" Kwa sababu hii, COAG imefanya utafiti juu ya uwepo wa mandhari hizi katika mtaala wa elimu ya lazima. Kwa upande mmoja, maarifa ya msingi yaliyowekwa na kanuni za Elimu ya Msingi, Sekondari na Baccalaureate na uwakilishi wake katika vitabu vya masomo vimepitiwa. "Tunaanza kutoka kwa mtaala wa serikali ambao ni wa tamaa sana kwa suala la maudhui, lakini sio maalum sana, ambayo inazingatia sayansi, teknolojia, uendelevu na mijini, lakini ambayo kwa ujumla inaonyesha sekta ya kilimo na chakula ambayo ni ya upendeleo na kuchujwa na mazingira na chini ya maono ya mijini. """ Kwa mfano, katika shule ya sekondari neno "kilimo" linapatikana mara tano, nne kati yao zikitolewa kama mfano tu, na ya tano katika muktadha wa "chafu, salinization na uharibifu wa udongo na maji", katika syllabi zinazolingana na masomo ya Biolojia, Jiolojia na Sayansi ya Mazingira. "Kitu kama hicho hutokea na neno ""mnyama,"" ambalo linapatikana mara tatu tu,"" alisema Jaume Bernis, mtendaji wa mpango huu katika Tume ya Utekelezaji ya COAG." Wanachagua kwamba elimu ya lazima ipe vizazi vipya mafunzo ya kina zaidi na ya kina zaidi, na katika ngazi zote za elimu, juu ya umuhimu wa chakula katika masuala yake ya afya, kiuchumi na kijamii. COAG inatumaini kwamba uchambuzi huu utatumika kuhalalisha umuhimu na haja ya kufanya kampeni ya utetezi wa kisiasa kutoka kwa jamii ya kiraia, inayohusika na uwepo wa karibu wa sekta ya chakula katika elimu ya lazima ya wanafunzi wa Uhispania. Kwa hiyo, wanadai kwamba elimu ya lazima inatoa mafunzo ya kina zaidi na ya kina zaidi kwa vizazi vipya, na katika ngazi zote za elimu, kuhusu umuhimu wa chakula katika masuala yake ya afya, kiuchumi na kijamii, kufikia hatua, ikiwa itachukuliwa kuwa muhimu, kuingiza somo linalozungumzia mada hizi. "Kujitolea kwa elimu ya vijana ni kuwekeza katika maarifa na afya ya vizazi vipya,"" aliongeza Jaume Bernis, mtendaji wa mradi huu katika Kamati Kuu ya COAG." Maelezo zaidi, bonyeza kiungo.