History
of the school :
Edouard Herriot, Lord Mayor of Lyon, created Cibeins School
of Agriculture back in 1918. Today, our school is known as
Cibeins Agricultural high school. There are about 450 students
aged 15-22 : 60 % male and 40 % female. Most of them, board
at the school so as to enjoy Cibeins’life all week.
Farming estate and technical
workshops :
The farm still belongs to Lyon but is managed by the school.
It spreads over 125 hectares of arable land around the college.
It is a wonderful pedagogical tool for students and, moreover,
it has recently been modernised.
Production
:
We grow a wide variety of plants and cereals like wheat, sunflower,
barley, summer rape, alfalfa, etc. We feed our dairy cows
and sheep on this production. We also sell part of our production.
No Genetically Modified Organisms are allowed on our farm.
We breed :
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Poultry : free range chicken,
turkey and capon. Our poultry carry a French quality
label and certificate : “Label Fermier de l’Ain”
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Sheep : 120-130 Texel ewes,
Charolaises
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Dairy cows : 50 Prim’Holstein,
average of 11,000 litres per cow
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Dogs : 20 adult dog kennel
to allow 50-60 “L.O.F.”
puppies a year (equivalent to Kennel Club Certificate).
10 different
breeds.
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From 2002
on : cats.
Our milk production
ranks first on a technical level.
Education,
Vocational Training, Recruitment :
Students aged
15 can apply to our high school to join the fifth form or
tenth grade (100 students).
The following year, they can choose between to curricula
or programmes
- Biology
- Agronomy
- Protection of the Environment
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- Garden design
- Agronomy
- Animal Breeding
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leading
to a Science degree :
- "Baccalaureat
Scientifique"
- At
the end of upper 6th form or 12th grade
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leading
to a Technical degree :
- "Baccalaureat
STAE"
- At
the end of upper 6th form or 12th grade
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Students
aged 18 can apply to our college to join a two-year course
in :
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Marketing
-
Food Technology
-
Foreign
Languages
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- Animal Breeding
- Agronomy
- Biology
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leading
to :
- a
Higher National Diploma
-
in Agribusiness
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leading
to :
- a
Higher National Diploma
- in
Animal Breeding
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After that,
our students are able to either work or join university
to prepare a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree .
Others students
aged 15-18 apply to our vocational training school to study
:
. Dog breeding
. Continental Fish Farming
. Farming Business Administration
Cultural
and Rural Development :
Cibeins
Agricultural High School’s students and staff are involved
in many activities on local and regional levels :
. Holstein auction
. Art exhibitions
. Yearly Sports Tournament on Ascension Day
. International Cooperation (Czech Republic, Great Britain,
Ukrain and Sweden…)
Translate
by : Julien et Caroline
(BTS TC2 2002-2003)
INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION
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