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ETHIOPIA

ETHIOPIA

My name is Eshetu Mulugeta I came from Ethiopia I am the Dean of Awassa

College

The New Education system

focuses on changing in methods of training, school management, revision of curriculum and implementation structured on the basis of formal and in formal

system

The system include

Kindergarten System   Primary Education system General Secondary EducationPreparatory senor secondary TVET Programhigher and specialized education

Preparatory senior seconderyParallel tovocatinal and technical Education

Preparatory senor secondary

students who has completed tenth grade and pass the national examination join

Student aged 17 – 18Two years ProgramKing way to join the Higher education

T.V.E.T designed from 1 – 3 years25 Trade areas Modular curriclum in each trade In school Training 30% theory & 70% practical2 months industrial training

TVET Program

Higher Education

1-2 years for diploma and3-5 years for under graduate degree andan additional 1-3 years for post graduate

degree

special education

Distance educationShort Term TrainingWith collaboration and coordination of

the rest of the educational system.

Ethiopia TVET Training Program Calendar

Main, Supportive and Common Courses 33 weeks

Project Work 3 weeks Evaluation and Examination 4 weeks Apprenticeship 8 weeks

Time allotment for the different courses

Main courses

In School Training 459 hrs

Project work 91 hrs

Apprenticeship 312hrs

Supportive courses 200hrs

Common courses 330hrs

Total 1392 hrs

Awassa TVET College

Awassa TVET College

One of the three TVET colleges in SNNPRGroughly 273km from Addis Ababa

Situated in the southwest outskirts of the cityEstablished in the year 1996(2004) by merging

the former Awassa Technical School with the Awassa Skills Development Center and Water

Technology Training CenterOffers TV education and training in all

campuses

Training Departments

Industrial Technology Construction technology Water Technology Business Information Technology Textile and garment technology Hotel Service and Management

These departments accommodate twenty –two trades of specialization

Academic Staff Profile

NO. Field of specialization MA BSC/BA Dip.

Cert. and w/out

Total

1 Construction Tech. 1 5 6 - 12

2 Industrial Tech. - 8 18 - 28

3 Business Tech. 2 3 13 - 18

4 Water Tech. - 41 3 2 46

5 Textile and garment Tech.

- - 5 - 5

6 Hotel service - 1 8 - 9

Admin. Staff Profile

NO. Admin units MA BSC/BA Dip.

Cert. and w/out

Total

1 Dean’S office 1 3 2 6

2 Personnel record Division.

- 2 2 1 5

3 Administrative and finance service

- 2 1 3 6

4 General service and purchaser

- 4 4

5 Departments (assistants) - 12 12

6 Library - 1 1 4 6

FacilitiesNo Facilities Qty Remark1 Instruction

Rooms/Theaters/IT Room96 The figure includes new

blocks under construction

2 Workshops 12

3 Library 2 1 in each campus

4 Display Room -

5 Offices (Academic + Administration)

19

6 ServicesLounge/Duplicating/Binding

1 each Students get lounge services on their own

7 Conference Room 1

8 Hall 2

9 Transportation 4 Staff gets service

10 Dormitory Off campus – Birr 200 monthly stipend to cover their living cost

Intake Capacity In 1997

3573 Students in all the three campuses

Female Enrollment is 53.2%Males Enrollment is 46.8%

Current Actual Enrolment

4051 Students in all the three campuses

Intake Capacity will be increased by 48%

Students’ Enrolment in the Department of Construction Tech.

in the year 1997

No

Skill Area 10 + 1 10 + 2 10 + 3 Total

M F M F M F M F

1 Drafting 15 12 25 12 - - 40 24

2 Building/

Construction

20 5 16 5 - - 36 10

3 Surveying 16 10 10 10 - - 26 20

4 Wood Technology

20 10 10 9 - - 30 19

Students’ Enrolment in the Department of Industrial Tech. in

the year 1997

No Skill Area

10 + 1 10 + 2 10 + 3 Total

M F M F M F M F

1 Automotive Technology

43 7 32 - - - 75 7

2 Machine Technology

16 10 11 1 - - 27 11

3 General Mechanics

36 15 21 3 - - 57 18

4 Electricity 50 2 32 16 - - 82 18

5 Electronics 20 7 20 4 - - 40 11

Students’ Enrolment in the Department of Business and

Information Tech. in the year 1997

NoSkill Area

10 + 1 10 + 2 10 + 3 Total

M F M F M F M F

1 Accounting 42 60 32 62 - - 74 1222 Information

Technology31 10 25 8 - - 56 18

3 Secretarial Science

1 65 2 83 - - 3 148

Students’ Enrolment in the Department of Water Technology

in the year 1997

No

Skill Area 10 + 1 10 + 2 10 + 3 Total

M F M F M F M F

1 Small scale irrigation and sanitation

83 9 147 21 207

36 437 66

2 Rural Water Supply and Sanitation

96 24 71 20 153

33 320 77

3 Electromechanical Technology

66 5 24 3 136

15 226 23

Students’ Enrolment in the Department of Hotel Service and

Management in the year 1997

No

Skill Area 10 + 1 10 + 2 10 + 3 Total

M F M F M F M F

1 Hotel Service 3 9 - - - - 3 9

2 Bakery 1 8 - - - - 1 8

3 Cooking - 16 - - - - - 16

AchievementsAchievements

•LinksLinks

•Work force/Capacity Work force/Capacity Development WorksDevelopment Works

•Innovative worksInnovative works

Links: Links: Governmental andGovernmental and Non-Governmental Non-Governmental

Gafat Engineering

Ethiopian Tele.And EELPC

Gov’tMinistries

MidrocSmall Scale Industries

Large Scale Factories

Service giving companies

KOICA

Van-Der-Lij Foundation

gtz

LINKS

Achievements Links

58 Governmental and 88 Non-Governmental organizations

Debub University (donations including 4 vehicles and various items of technological importance )

Awassa College of Teacher Education (bakery machine with the latest technology in bakery )

Water works Authority Ministry of Water Resources Vander leij fondation

TVET Graduates Employed & Self-Employed

138 Graduates employed in EELPC 108 Graduates employed in ETC 37 Graduates in various organization 15 Graduates Self-Employed with

collaboration in Metal Work Field 5 Graduates Self-Employed with collaboration

in Wood Work Field One Graduate Self-Employed in Secretarial

Field One Graduate Self-Employed in Electronics

Field

Achievements

Links: International NGOsgtz pioneering in establishing links with

the college since its days of establishment In a collaborative effort: we managed to secure the construction site for

the new COC premise. developed the base line data and produced the

development plan of the college. We managed to organize and conduct an

experience sharing visits

Governmental Organization

BudgetPolicy DirectivesEmployment opportunitiesApprenticeship and so on

GAFAT Engineering

Employment and apprenticeship Opportunities

Ethiopian Telecommunication and EELPC

Employment and apprenticeship opportunities for all of our graduates

Large Scale Industries

Apprenticeship and employment opportunities

Midroc and Other Companies

Apprenticeship and employment opportunities

Small Scale Industries

Apprenticeship and models of entrepreneurship

Organizational and Human Organizational and Human Resource Capacity Building Resource Capacity Building

worksworks

Construction of New Construction of New instruction rooms.instruction rooms.

Graduate programs Graduate programs for the academic stafffor the academic staff

Short term trainingsShort term trainings Leadership and Leadership and

management coursesmanagement courses

Facilitating the use Facilitating the use of IT for the staff to of IT for the staff to raise their raise their potential for potential for producing modules producing modules

Revenue of the Revenue of the College is 400,000 College is 400,000 ETBETB

ChallengesChallenges

Lack of Sufficiently qualified and Lack of Sufficiently qualified and experienced staffexperienced staff

Teachers’ lack practical skills and applied Teachers’ lack practical skills and applied teaching skills including assessmentteaching skills including assessment

Lack of sufficient apprenticeship Lack of sufficient apprenticeship Lack of sufficient involvement on the part Lack of sufficient involvement on the part

of the business communityof the business communityContacts with institutions such as Contacts with institutions such as

microfinance which facilitate formal job microfinance which facilitate formal job placement and entrepreneurship placement and entrepreneurship opportunities opportunities

ChallengesChallenges

Structure of the workshopsStructure of the workshops Improve IT access for traineesImprove IT access for traineesSupport staff’s seeking expert advice Support staff’s seeking expert advice

on a number of managerial issues on a number of managerial issues including those regular routinesincluding those regular routines

Very limited own revenues and high Very limited own revenues and high dependency on government budgetdependency on government budget

Improving the employment oriented Improving the employment oriented trainingtraining

Problem Solving Problem Solving &&

Innovative worksInnovative works

Links: Van Der LiejLinks: Van Der Liej Signed memorandum of agreement with the Signed memorandum of agreement with the

foundation on the plan of introducing alternative foundation on the plan of introducing alternative construction technology using construction technology using Compressed Earth Compressed Earth BlockBlock as a means to alleviate of housing problems as a means to alleviate of housing problems in urban localitiesin urban localities

Facilitated and conducted professional training Facilitated and conducted professional training focusing for teachers in the art of producing focusing for teachers in the art of producing compressed earth blockscompressed earth blocks

Innovative worksInnovative works

Construction and Construction and Introduction of a Introduction of a

simple-tech water simple-tech water sand filter as a sand filter as a

means of means of purifying water purifying water fetched from fetched from

rivers and ponds rivers and ponds and make it ready and make it ready

for use for use

Innovative worksInnovative works

Construction of a mobile toilet as a Construction of a mobile toilet as a measure taken to improve the measure taken to improve the

sanitation of the citysanitation of the city

Innovative worksInnovative works

Replacing the wide Replacing the wide use of plastic bags use of plastic bags by environmentally by environmentally friendly products friendly products made of simple made of simple

garmentsgarments

Innovative worksInnovative works

Action research pieces Action research pieces including works on including works on

centralizing our centralizing our examination system as examination system as means monitoring the means monitoring the

standard of the training.standard of the training.

Innovative worksInnovative works

Presented Research Papers Presented Research Papers

in in

Regional, National Regional, National

and and

International ConferencesInternational Conferences

inin

Technical fields by Instructor Technical fields by Instructor

ProspectsProspects

• Improving the educational facilities (library/reference book availability, IT Lab.)

• Improving the general structural plan of the workshops and of the training system.

• Further increase of short-term training for graduates of the TVET system

Prospects

Establishing and maintaining a consultative unit/board for the college with representatives of the business community and concerned non-governmental agencies

Networking the IT resource Capacity building works on organizational

and human resource development

Prospects

Extend practical training and self-employment orientation for trainees

Establishing further links with support programs facilitating provision of facilities including computers and other IT equipment, hand tools and demonstration softwares, books and training material and so on.

Prospects

Increase training with production in order to generate additional revenues

Increase administration TVET management and planning skills by organizing short term capacity building management programs

Expansion for the delivery of 10 + 3 programs

ProspectsProspects

Satisfying the country’s demand for middle level workforce in

various (specially in construction building) trades

both qualitatively and quantitatively.

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