Overview

Watershed College Diploma in Agriculture course was founded in 1990. The College is supported by a successful farm for practical training. It provides students with a conducive environment, where they can study to a very high standard and the opportunity to gain and to develop important life skills, enabling them to grow in confidence and to successfully progress onto Higher Education or into employment.

The College runs a viable mixed farm with enterprises that include:

• Field crops - tobacco, maize, sugar beans
• Horticulture - potatoes, onion, cabbages, tomatoes etc
• Livestock - dairy, beef, pigs, poultry, fisheries, rabbits

To enhance productivity on the farm side, the College is working in partnership with other companies that include: Pioneer DuPont, Mukushi seeds and SuperFert FSG. They have demonstration and trial plots on site for the benefit of the students, to keep abreast of developments and improvements in the sector.

Watershed College also offers Agriculture as one of the practical subject options from form 1 to form 4. The students sit for the Cambridge IGCSE examinations.

The Agriculture Diploma Course (ADC) is an alternative to ‘A’ Level. Students that complete form 4 with us can easily move to the ADC. Students that join us from outside are welcome to apply and attend an interview.

Students that enrol for the diploma have boarding places available and can participate in the College sports and activities, provided they are within the age group. Mature students may attend as day scholars.

The ‘O’ Level students also have the opportunity to attend seminars and courses, in order, to enhance their knowledge. Students are allocated plots and they grow crops of their choice, under the supervision of the departmental staff. They also rear small livestock that include poultry and rabbits.