Schools
In order to solve theproblem ofshortage of vocational teachers inrural areas ofJiangxi Province, Jiangxi Agricultural Universitybegan torecruit students to study in agricultural teachers training class specially fromrural vocational middle schools inSeptember 1983.Then,approvedbyJiangxi Provincial Education Commission, Jiangxi Agricultural University established the Department of Vocational and Technical Educationin March 1991and eventuallythe Department of Vocational and Technical EducationdevelopedtoVocationalTeachersCollegein September 1992. Later,Vocational and Technical College of Jiangxi Agricultural University wasset up in April 1999.Since then, the college has implemented a management mechanismas one staff with two functions, namely,VocationalTeachersCollegeandVocational Technical College. In May 2000, theNational Key Construction Vocational Teacher Training Base,approved by the Ministry of Education,was established and affiliated with the college.
SinceSeptember 1993, the college successively offered 9 majors, includingagronomic education, horticultural education, livestock and poultry production education, agricultural product storage and processing, accounting, agricultural economy and management, mechanical design and manufacturing, and computer application,andrecruited four-year undergraduates ofvocationaleducation.Then the college set up21three-year highervocational majorssince 1999, including food processing technology,installationagriculture technology, flower and environmental decoration technology, applied electronic technology, computer application technology, and modern urban landscaping.However,the college hasceasedthe enrollment of its 9 four-year undergraduatemajorsofvocationaleducation and 21three-year highervocational majorsbased on the adjustments of national higher education policies since the beginning of 2012. At present, the college offersfour regularundergraduate majors: agricultural education, educational technology, digital media art, and digital media technology.
Currently, the college hasoneprogramofpedagogyin the first level disciplineandthree programsofhigher education,vocational and technical education, andeducationaltechnologyin thesecondlevel discipline. The college began recruiting students majoring invocational and technical education in 2007and the master’s program in the first level discipline ofpedagogywas approved in 2011. In 2016, the college was approved a master's degreeauthorizationcenter ofeducationoffering the major of education management and began enrollment inthe following year.Therefore, the college has accumulatedyears of experienceintraining and managing postgraduates in this process.
The collegerecruits approximately 180 full-time undergraduatesand 50postgraduatesannually.At present, there are 41 staff members in the college.Among them, 6areprofessors, 10areassociateprofessors, 22areuniversity lecturers. Meanwhile,13 of themhave receiveddoctoral degreesand 24 of them have received master’s degrees.In addition, there are three young and middle-agedacademicleaders and young backbone teachersofJiangxi Provincein the college.
The collegebears and will always bearin mindthat high moral values establishment and people cultivationis the fundamental task of educationandtakesstrengthening agriculture and promoting agricultureas its ownresponsibility.Guided by the spirit of educators, driven by innovative development, and focusing on theFive educations,the college is determined tomakedue contributions to the construction of apowerful country of education byconsolidatingthe foundation of connotativedevelopment,strengtheningtheconstructionofdisciplinesandmajors,fosteringand forginga high-quality and professional teacher team, creating a high-quality talent training system,andimproving the ability to servethesocietycontinuously.