Agricultural high schools may be grappling with the drought but students are optimistic about future opportunities in the rural sector.
Year 12 Broken Hill High student Adam McInnes selected agriculture as an elective subject every year after it was no longer compulsory.Mr Hunt said his students were realising different ways of getting involved in the rural sector through modern machinery and technology, such as using drones to map properties from above."They're going through a tough time at the moment and things are down but … the view the kids take is that we're one day closer to rain.
"Whilst we may be concerned that students' knowledge is quite low, we also know that it's quite low among the general populous and teachers are no exception," Mr Stockwin said. PIEFA is a not-for-profit partnership between government, primary industry and education groups, which aims to unify city and country areas by improving agricultural education, and Mr Stockwin said it played an important role in promoting agricultural careers to the next generation.a compulsory unit of study within the technology syllabus for years seven and eight across public schools in New South Wales in 2019.
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