University Reform
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Engineering is the driving force behind industrial development throughout the world. Young people must be equipped with competencies and skills to build Ethiopia's competitiveness and prepare the country for the demands of a globalized economy. Therefore, reforming the engineering faculties is an essential part of ecbp to support Ethiopian efforts for rapid industrial development. Capacity building at university level is a key factor in achieving this goal.
Reforms started at the Addis Ababa University and are now being carried to universities throughout the country. The aim is to modernize curricula and implement new, demand-driven graduate and postgraduate programs, create linkages with industries, establish cooperation with universities in other countries and promote eLearning.
Achievements
Technological development is understood in the program as a critical input for national development and as an outcome of adequate capacity to assimilate available technology and innovation of new ones. This capacity is mainly dependent on the capacity of teaching and research institutions to produce high quality engineers, technologists and relevant research.
ecbp has consequently focused on Ethiopia’s faculties of technology reforming their engineering and TVET teacher study programs, building up their institutions (good governance and remuneration system) as well boosting knowledge and technology transfer.
The achievements until today can be summarized as:
General Reform
- Reform Process at all faculties of technology is running
- Implementation of pathways to Higher Education has started
- 90% of all concepts/strategies developed/50% endorsed
- Lecture series on General Studies issues in its second year
Study Reform
- 56% BSc Engineering study programs revised, pre-accredited and introduced
- 60% MSc Engineering study programs revised, pre-accredited and introduced
- 14 New TVET Teacher Study programs have been introduced
Human Resources Development
- 60% of foreign visiting professors for FoT/AAU in place
- 2 x international university cooperation agreements(Germany/Switzerland) working
- 41X letter of in tent on cooperation with German Universities signed
E-learning
- E-learning handbook developed
- E-learning courses on content writing on going
Institution Building (Good governance)
- New organizational frame work for Adama University endorsed
- foreign founder president appointed and in place
Technology Transfer
- 3 Technology transfer Projects (FoT/AAU-Industry) started
- 1 national career Expo on HRD (internship) + employment conducted
