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Hyderabad Vocational School


Vocational School for Sound Knowledge


After singning the memorandum of understanding: Prof. Dr. h.c. Friedrich Berschauer (l.) and Dr. D. N. Rao, General Secretary of Vignana Jyothi.
Not all young people enter the world of work with the same starting qualifications. And in some cases, protection from child labor unfortunately also comes too late. Bayer CropScience aims to help provide disadvantaged or underprivileged youngsters with sound vocational training for employment in the agriculture industry. To this end, the company at the beginning of 2008 established a special vocational school in Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Preferential status for enrollment is given to young people who have worked as child laborers in the past.

The facility gives 35 young people a year’s training for a professional career in the agricultural industry. The goal of instruction at the school is to provide the students with knowledge and expertise that will later enable them to earn a living with a regular job. Training focuses on seed production techniques and the principles of integrated crop protection. Part of the concept of the Vignana Jyothi School of Agriculture is that graduates of the school are directly hired by companies active in the agriculture sector. All students of the 2008 class have already received job offers before graduation.

[ last update: Monday, December 8, 2008 ]