Agriculture is a technical course that deals in crop production and livestock management and its being assessed by UBTEB & DIT
DEPARTMENTAL REPORT ABOUT AGRICULTURE COURSE
Agriculture is a technical course that deals in crop production and livestock management and its being assessed by UBTEB (Uganda Business Technical Examination Board) The certificate course runs for two years which at the end of it, the students are to get National certificate in agricultural production (NCAP)
However, for the two years the students are to study the following course units(modules) to make them ready for work as they wait to pursue their diploma NOTE: At the end of each module, the students are expected to have practiced, real life project, course work, farm attachment, assessments and farm practice as they wait for external exams (UBTEB) and each tutors is expected to teach three times a week, each lessons to be completed in two hours thirty minutes
Admission requirements: A candidate shall be eligible for admission to the Uganda National Certificate in Agriculture programme on meeting any of the following minimum qualifications:
Career prospects: Agricultural Farm Manager, Agricultural Field Assistant, Self-Employed, Farm or Input Supply Shop Attendant, Nursery Bed Attendant, Agro-Processing Assistant and Agricultural Design Assistant.
Opportunities for further studies: Diploma in Agribusiness Management, Diploma in Agriculture, Diploma in Sustainable Agriculture and Extension, Diploma in Crop Production and Management.
Duration of the Programme
Agriculture is a full time programme meant to last for two (2) academic years. An academic year consists of three terms each of twelve (12) weeks duration {Ten (10) weeks of teaching and continuous assessment and two (2) weeks of written examinations}.
Field attachment/Industrial training is one of the core modules taking four (4) weeks during the first year vacation.
YEAR 1, TERM I
NCA 111 Introducing Agricultural Science
NCA 112 Functional Mathematics
NCA 113 Functional English
NCA114 Information and Communication Technology
NCA115 Soil and its Management
YEAR 1, TERM II
NCA 121 Agriculture and Development
NCA 122 Principles of Crop Production
NCA 123 Crop Improvement
NCA 124 Crop Protection
NCA 125 Annual Crops
NCA 126 Perennial Crops
NCA 127 Horticultural Crops
YEAR 1, TERM III
NCA 131 Pasture Management
NCA 132 Dairy and Beef Cattle Management
NCA 133 Introduction to Livestock Health
NCA 134 Small Ruminants and Non Ruminants
NCA 135 Poultry Management
YEAR II, TERM I
NCA 211 Livestock Improvement
NCA 212 Introduction to Fish Farming and Agriculture
NCA 213 Apiculture/Apiary
NCA 214 Pet Animal Management
NCA 215 Agriculture Engineering and Mechanisation
YEAR II, TERM II
NCA 221 Safety Standards on the Farm
NCA 222 Principles of Agricultural Economics
NCA 223 Production Economics
NCA224 Farm Accounting and Marketing
Year II, Term III
NCA 231 Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
NCA 232 Agricultural Extension Education
NCA 233 Field Attachment and Supervised Project
Agricultural Farm Manager
Agricultural Field Assistant
Self-Employed
Farm or Input Supply Shop Attendant
Nursery Bed Attendant
Agro-Processing Assistant
Agricultural Design Assistant
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TRIDI ED, also the sericulture project leader @cwmasiga gave updates on U-Silk. Check the link for details
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TRIDI E.D @cwmasiga personally delivers the good news on Silk samples sent to the European market for testing to the factory engineers in Chepskunya, Kween District @KagutaMuseveni @DrMusenero @STIsecretariat @RobinahNabbanja @StateHouseUg @NRMOnline @AnitahAmong @Parliament_Ug
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