Let more professional farmers receive higher education

According to media reports, 20 farmers in Shaanxi Province have recently received admission letters from universities, and in September this year, they will enter the campus like other college students to receive a three-year full-time higher vocational education.

After reading the news, the author sighed with emotion and praised and applauded this move. This is because--

First, agriculture is the source of food and clothing, the foundation of survival, the foundation of the entire national economy, and has the strategic significance of maintaining national security and social stability. Our country has a population of 1.3 billion, and eating is a top priority. However, nowadays, young and middle-aged rural workers in many places have come to work in cities, and the new generation of post-80s and post-90s farmers are getting farther and farther away from the land, and generally lack the will and skills to engage in agricultural production, and the heavy burden of agricultural production has to be borne by women and the elderly in many places. Therefore, professional farmers have become the main force of agricultural production, has been the call of an era and the only choice.

Second, professional farmers take agricultural production as their main business, and agricultural operating income is their main source of income. Although the realization of profit maximization is also the pursuit of professional farmers and the characteristic of their rational economic man, it does not mean that those who are labeled as professional farmers are experts in agricultural production. They also need the study and training of theories and skills. Whether it is increasing production or getting rich, it needs the support of agricultural technology. When professional farmers go to college, they make up for their lack of skills.

Third, through online registration, examination, cultural examination and interview, professional farmers are finally successfully admitted to the university, and after three years of full-time study, they will receive the same college degree as ordinary students. This is the reform of the university enrollment mode and broadens the original channels. At the same time, because of setting up separate classes and offering courses according to the actual needs, it also breaks through the old teaching methods and builds a platform for professional farmers to receive higher education. General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "the Chinese people living in our great motherland and great era jointly enjoy the opportunity to make their dreams come true, and to grow and progress together with the motherland and the times." Allowing professional farmers to study in institutions of higher learning, enabling them to master more knowledge and skills, producing more and higher-quality agricultural products, and enabling them to lead a decent life is an opportunity for individual professional farmers to realize their dreams in life. for agricultural modernization, it is the driving force to speed up the process of development.

It can be predicted that when these professional farmers are armed with modern agricultural science and technology, they will have greater creative vitality and a basis for innovation and development. Naturally, the hope of speeding up the development of modern agriculture has added more constructive forces, and food security has been built on a more solid foundation. It is hoped that the measures to promote professional farmers to go to college can be promoted in more places.