ADDIS ABABA–Transformative measures are being taken to achieve quality education and obtain international accreditation of academic programs,Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU) announced.
AASTU President Dereje Engida (PhD)told the Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) that the university is taking a number of steps this year to get its academic programsaccredited internationally.
AUS-based educational accreditation institution will come to Ethiopia to conduct assessmentwith regard to the recognition, he expressed.
Derejeexplained that the recognition will be the outcome of the assessment of the quality of the education provided by the university both in Ethiopia and globally.
The evaluation bodies will come in December, and after that, students who pass the new curriculum will have international recognition, according to the President.
In the last four years, the curriculum of the university has been revised to reach this level of recognition and will be given to the engineering and science programs, he mentioned.
He pointed out that it will create an opportunity for students who graduate from university to find a job in any country of the world and they compete in.
The President said that besides its primary mission of teaching and learning, the university engages in a number of initiatives to boost the competitiveness of its graduates.
On the other hand, the university is planning for this year that students should come up with an invention when they graduate.
This makes graduates not only jobseekers but also entrepreneurs when they leave the university. The place where students can make their products and present them to the market is being prepared for this purpose, according to the president.
He also mentioned that various activities are being carried out so that innovative works and researches can be carried out to solve the problems of society.
Internationally, AASTU actively engages with the global community through academic cooperation, partnerships, and alumni associations, enriching our activities with multicultural diversity.
BY ESSEYE MENGISTE
The Ethiopian herald November 17/2024
