Отговаря ли висшето образование на нуждите на периферните селски райони за устойчиво развитие?
Does Higher Education Meet the Needs of Peripheral Rural Areas for Sustainable Development?

Author(s): Yanka Kazakova-Mateva
Subject(s): Economy, Education, Agriculture, Higher Education
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: peripheral rural areas; curricula; stakeholders
Summary/Abstract: The study considers as peripheral rural areas all areas where agricultural production is limited due to geographical remoteness, natural constraints or the presence of areas with special management regimes. In Bulgaria, the majority of rural areas fall within the scope of this definition. The objective of the present study is to determine the extent to which the curricula in higher education institutions aimed at the agricultural sector and rural areas meet the needs of these areas for sustainable development. The applied methodology combines the method of desk research and documentary analysis of the curricula with methods for extracting quality information through structured questionnaires with representatives of different groups of stakeholders from peripheral rural areas. The key needs that higher education should address are identified and the discrepancies between the needs and the offered curricula are outlined.

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