New Zealand is in the spotlight at Agricultural High School

The teaching mission and international cooperation of the Secondary School of General Education and Agricultural Technology of Montardon (1) are regularly emphasized, with significant hemispheric orientation…

The teaching mission and international cooperation of the Secondary School of General Education and Agricultural Technology of Montardon (1) are regularly confirmed, with good trends towards the Southern Hemisphere.

After Argentina, New Zealand came to Bjarne. As part of a trip to discover France, a class of 26 students and three chaperones from Palmerston North Boys' High School (2) chose to go to Montardon on April 4, to witness the relations between teachers.

The opportunity to welcome, quite simply, two Baloise players, Luke and Sam Whitlock, whose family farm is located just a few kilometers from the New Zealand facility. In honor of their hosts, the youth from the Montardon Rugby Department performed a perfectly synchronized haka, in front of all the high school students and members of the administration.

Then the students of BTS Acse (Agribusiness Analysis, Management and Strategy) first year and the European section introduced them to the institution, its farm and its technology hall. The teachers also took the opportunity to discuss future international exchanges, before sharing a moment of familiarity in the cafeteria, where there was no shortage of selfies with the international players, much to the delight of the high school students.

(1) The International Cooperation Mission constitutes one of the five missions for French agricultural education. European mobility, strongly encouraged by the Erasmus+ programme, represents 85% of mobility coming from agricultural education.

(2) Founded in 1902, Palmerston North Boys' High School is a traditional boys' school with a vision of producing well-educated men of exceptional character (1,700 students).