Seine-Saint-Denis, a new gymnasium for farmers? If the idea can make you smile, in this office which is one particular of the most urbanized in France, it is exactly the ambition of Saltus Campus, the new personal agricultural significant university below agreement in Sevran, which opens at the beginning of the faculty 12 months.
Because the closure of the agricultural higher university component of the Fénelon plant, in the nearby town of Vaujours, the division has no for a longer time experienced this form of teaching. “However, it is significant to build a hyperlink in between urban youth and agriculture, specifically in a context of lack of vocation”, justifies Denis Végnant, director of the college.
Only 15 college students enrolled
The substantial school, supported by the Agrof’ile association, which performs for agroecology and the integration of trees in the production programs in the Ile-de-France, will present a overall of 4 instruction cycles: 4th and third of the general agricultural schooling, a PAC discounts with agricultural coaching in the profession of proficient worker, and two Bac Professional, one particular on the administration and administration of the farm, the other focused on the management of the all-natural atmosphere.
If the theoretical component is perfectly secured in Sevran, inside the outdated Maurice Ravel kindergarten, in disuse for three years and whose walls are made accessible absolutely free of charge by the Sevran municipality, the functional schooling will just take position on the non-public assets of 2,000 hectares of the Château de Courances, in Essonne.
“This will display pupils that there are specialist options, even near to their residence, in Ile-de-France. Very a great deal in Seine-Saint-Denis, it is correct, but in Essonne or Seine-et-Marne, for instance, there is a good deal of agricultural land “, clarifies the director.
He hopes these prospects will build vocations, while only 15 learners are currently enrolled by the start of the university yr, a lower figure in contrast to his capacity to accommodate 150 pupils, but that would not get worried him. “We continue to have the entire month of September to combine the students and I have phone calls every single working day. Of program, we won’t be capable to operate at whole speed ideal away, as we will only be dealing with the very first year of each cycle, ”he describes.
Missing a scholarship
Also, and even with the free provision of the premises and the agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture, which will fork out the school’s 8 tenured teachers (thus five previously taught at Fénelon), the registration rate of 1,300 euros for every 12 months, half board incorporated (and reducing according to the loved ones quotient) need to not make it possible for the achievement of financial equilibrium in the first calendar year. Primarily as a regional subsidy, the working day university offer (all-around € 1,000 for each student), despite the fact that essential for two yrs, should not in the long run be paid out to the faculty right until future yr.
The mayor (DVG) of the town, Stéphane Blanchet, also makes sure that he commences discussions with the region so that the school gets this help as before long as possible. “It is a real task of regional desire, as if we do almost nothing, half of the farms in Ile-de-France will not be operational in 2030! “, Assures him.
Far more domestically, he hopes this faculty will inspire city agriculture initiatives, a sturdy drive of Seine-Saint-Denis (of which Stéphane Blanchet is departmental councilor) as element of its territorial foodstuff plan. “We don’t assume of Seine-Saint-Denis when it will come to agriculture, and this has to transform mainly because there are numerous exploitable plots! “
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