CCTV News:The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the China Association for Science and Technology recently issued a notice to start the construction of the second batch of small science and technology institutes and clusters of small science and technology institutes, leading the reform of the education and training mode of professional degree graduates, and serving the modernization of agriculture and rural areas with high quality and the overall revitalization of rural areas. You can register now.
The mode of postgraduate training in small science and technology colleges refers to the long-term stationing of agricultural graduates in the front line of agricultural production, focusing on solving practical problems in agricultural and rural production practice, and cultivating agricultural high-level applied talents who know, love and promote agriculture.
The construction of the second batch of small science and technology institutes and clusters of small science and technology institutes focuses on "four expansions": from a single small science and technology institute to a cluster of small science and technology institutes; Cross-expanding from single agricultural discipline to multi-discipline; From the leadership of colleges and universities to the integration and expansion of "politics and Industry-University-Research"; Expand from domestic distribution to global distribution, and promote the development goal of large-scale, cluster, brand, characteristic and internationalization of small science and technology institutes.
The notice clearly stated that it is necessary to carry out the construction of small science and technology institutes in areas such as the main producing areas of national grain and important agricultural products, key assisting counties for national rural revitalization, pioneering areas for agricultural green development, key areas for agricultural resources and environmental protection, key ecological functional areas and important ecological protection and restoration areas such as black land, and actively serve national food security, rural industrial development, rural construction, rural governance and farmers’ income increase.
Including single and cluster objectives and tasks, each has its own emphasis.
It is understood that the construction types of the second batch of small science and technology institutes include single and cluster, and their goals and tasks are different. Let’s continue to understand.
Small agricultural science and technology institutes focus on the leading agricultural industry in the region, popularize advanced agricultural technology, focus on agriculture-related majors, and study the actual production problems in agricultural production or the whole industrial chain. Comprehensive science and technology small colleges focus on local industrial revitalization, talent revitalization, cultural revitalization, ecological revitalization, organizational revitalization and other aspects, encourage multi-category multi-disciplinary co-construction, and cooperate in research and solution of the "three rural issues" in the process of rural revitalization.
Science and technology small courtyard cluster is divided into regional science and technology small courtyard cluster and industrial science and technology small courtyard cluster, focusing on major issues of agricultural production or industrial development, establishing science and technology small courtyard cluster with leading colleges as the main body, and creating a comprehensive innovation platform for multi-disciplinary joint research and agricultural technology transformation and promotion. Focus on supporting the construction of science and technology small courtyard clusters in key rural revitalization counties, national agricultural green development pioneer areas and areas with weak agricultural technology extension forces.
At present, more than 1,800 small science and technology institutes have been built in China.
The origin of science and technology small courtyard can be traced back to 2009, when the team of teachers and students from China Agricultural University went out of the campus and tried to move the classroom and laboratory to the fields in Quzhou, Hebei.
When I first came to Quzhou, teachers and students lived in the experimental station, which was far away from the fields, and it was always impossible to catch up with the time when the local villagers went to the fields. Later, the teachers and students of the team simply lived in the village. This residence found that the effect was particularly good. People came to consult everything, and face-to-face communication narrowed the distance between the two sides.
It is understood that up to now, 157 postgraduate training units across the country have taken the lead in building more than 1,800 small science and technology institutes. In April, 2023, the postgraduate training mode of small science and technology institutes was awarded the special prize of national teaching achievement award. In the No.1 Document of the Central Committee in 2024, it was clearly put forward for the first time to promote the mode of small science and technology institutes. In addition, the model of science and technology small courtyard has been extended to Laos and 11 countries in Africa, and has been promoted and applied globally by FAO as a key case for three consecutive years.