농업계 고등학교에서의 학교기업 활성화 방안

Strategies to Facilitate School-Based Enterprises of Agricultural High School

The purpose of this study was to analyze in more detail the operational status of school-based enterprises at agricultural high schools in Korea. We conducted case studies and the current status analysis to identify the problems of school-based enterprises, and proposed an improvement plan based on the result of case studies and the current status analysis. Regarding specific strategies for the operation of school-based enterprises at agricultural high schools, we presented the target, the period, the operational organizations, and the operational procedure of school-based enterprises and an implementation plan. In conducting this study, we analyzed relevant research papers and data of vocational & agricultural high school as a preliminary source and supplemented the result of the study with interviews and expert committees. In order to facilitate school-based enterprise programs, first, the operational objectives of school-based enterprise programs should be embodied. Secondly, feasible products by school-based enterprises must be specified. Thirdly, human resources such as teachers, who can deliver educational courses related to school-based enterprise programs, should be secured. In addition, the students should participate in school-based enterprise programs voluntarily and the program should be a part of optional courses of the formal course work. Fourthly, a firm foundation should be established to allow schools to operate practical programs. To secure more voluntary schools as possible and to guarantee the autonomy in designing curricula, operating school-based enterprises and selecting students are critical. Fifthly, local education offices should conduct pilot programs and promote exemplary cases in order to enhance the awareness of the operation of school-based enterprises.