Isolated Farmers Make Good Learners - Distance Education Leaves Its Mark
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https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v4i2.386Abstract
Since 1970, farmers in NSW and beyond have been participating in an easy-access Home Study Program for farmers, land and business managers in rural areas. In the late sixties, the Rural Youth Organisation of New South Wales had been looking for an effective way of preparing its members for a business career on the land. With the backing of the Department of Education and the active support of farm management specialists at the University of New England, the Farm Management Correspondence Course was launched. Within a few years, responsibility for the Program passed to the NSW Department of Agriculture, where it has remained ever since. Since 1980, the Program has operated out of C B Alexander Agricultural College, 'Tocal', Paterson near Newcastle. Over 10,000 people have been involved in these courses. Today the Farm Management Home Study Program prepares for its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1995. How does the Program make further study so easy for farmers to access?
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