Agriculture diploma after 10th

This diploma course offers to the candidates who are interested in agriculture and its relevant research field.

Duration of the course is 2 Years and it is divided into 4 or Four Semesters.

To get admission in to this course, candidate need to qualify 10 or SSC from a recognized board with a score of 50 percent in overall aggregate.

In this course the syllabus includes subjects such as Fertility management and Soils, Principle of agronomy, plant pathology, principles of genetics.

This diploma in agriculture admission are mainly done on the basis of marks in 10th or even from 10+2 . And also admissions will also get by writing entrance examinations like TS POLYCET, AP POLYCET and Examinations conducted by the institutions or universities.

The to most colleges that offer this courses in India are Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Punjab Agriculture University, Acharya N G Ranga University.

The diploma in agriculture average fee in India is from ₹5000 to ₹100,000.

Candidates who want to study by doing work can also do this course by pursuing Distance Diploma in Agriculture, and the average fees for the distance mode may be in between  ₹10,000 to ₹40,000.

After completion of this course candidates can get jobs in various public and private sectors as an Agriculture Engineer, Business Managers, Research Associates, Inspector in Agriculture, Lecturer or professor.

After completion of this course candidates can earn salary in between ₹2,00,000 to ₹10,00,000 per annum. which may increase based on experience and knowledge in the field of agriculture.

Why we need to Study Agriculture Diploma ?

There are so many reasons to study agriculture diploma, now a days the nation wants professional who purse agriculture knowledge and could do something for the country. Most students prefer studying this course because of so many reasons.

High Opportunities: This Agriculture diploma gives so many job opportunities in various fields especially in the agricultural sector.

Can get jobs in early age: The candidates who undertake undergraduate diploma will get a chance to study a specialized course at an early stage soon after completion of SSC or 10th.

This allows the candidates to gain valuable experience before they come back to complete their graduation.

After diploma candidates can do higher studies and through this candidates can get good knowledge and skills.

High Salaries: After this course candidates will get high salary packages in between ₹2,00,000 to ₹10,00,000 or higher.

According to the companies and specialists in India, can earn salary of ₹558,000 per annum, so by doing this diploma in agriculture is one of the most profitable courses in all over the country.  

Chance to work with MNC: After completion of the diploma in agriculture, candidates can get jobs in Multi National Companies (MNC) across the country.

Companies that hire the candidates who complete agriculture diploma such as, ITC, Godrej Agrovet, Rallis India Limited and many more are available to hire.

Higher studies and Research: After completion of this course stude3nts can also go for higher studies like B.Tech in Agriculture or any other relevant course and also they can also go for Research and can go in that path and can become scientist.

Process to get Admission in Agriculture Diploma

Admissions in this course is fully based in the candidates performance in the qualifying examination that is 10th or SSC.

After qualifying the entrance examination based on the merit the candidates will be offered colleges to get admissions.

Eligibility to get admission in Agriculture Diploma

Candidates first need to qualify 10th or SSC.

In 10th candidates need to have a minimum of 50 percent marks as aggregate.

There will be 5 percent of relaxation in marks for the candidate belongs to OBC/SC/SC or differently abled  and other categories.

Different colleges have different eligibility criteria's to give admissions for the students in their colleges.

The candidates who have got 35 percent in their SSC are also eligible to write entrance examinations and if they get high score then they are eligible for the diploma in agriculture course.

Age of the candidate must above or 15 years are eligible to get admission in agriculture diploma.

Entrance Examinations for Agriculture Diploma

There are only some colleges which conducts entrance tests for admissions to the agriculture diploma.

These examinations have the time duration two to three hours, during this students need to attempt the multiple choice questions or objective questions and exams will be released by the colleges every year.

Now due to the covid pandemic all the government examinations and university examinations for the admission in agriculture diploma are postponed and these exam dates will be given after some days.

How to prepare for the Entrance Examinations

Student need to know the complete syllabus of the examination and then need to make a timetable for it based on the topics, and hard topics should be prepared first rather than easier topics.

Students need to revise the important topics from the syllabus, and they need to solve the important topics.

Students need to collect old question papers from official website and then you need to mark important and repeated question every year and need to make more concentration on those question.

Students need to write mock test which are available in the official website or even from third pat website to get confidence, and by writing this students can get good time management in the main exams and can get good experience, and can improve the speed and efficiency and will boost the confidence levels of the student.

Students need to refer the books prescribed by the exam authorities and through that student can gain good knowledge and student get complete knowledge form the textbooks rather than the online or offline materials, my suggestion is to study with textbooks first and then if time is remaining then only go through the materials.

To get good understanding, students need to write synopsis that is a short summary of the topic, this will be used for the students before going for the examinations.

Conclusion

These are some of the detailed information about Agriculture Diploma. 

By doing this diploma students will get higher job opportunities and get higher packages

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