ADDIS ABABA- The newly adopted Higher Education, TVET, Research Institution and Industry Linkage (HETRIIL) Proclamation, optimized preconditions for universities selected to be applied institutions, the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences (EAS) said.
The (EAS) held a National HETRIIL forum aimed to link 15 public universities (nominated to be applied institutions) with government agencies and industry professional employers.
In his opening remark, EAS Vice President Prof. Afework Kassu said the HETRIIL Proclamation, which was recently adopted by the Ministry of Education, has created legal frameworks needed to develop institutions. “It is one of the biggest educational reforms carried out by the current government. The absence of a mandatory legal framework on the issue immensely contributes to the decline of educational quality.”
Prof. Afework added, “In the health sector, for example, the country failed to produce sufficient numbers of applied science professionals.”
The scholar, however, expressed optimism that higher educational institutions would produce well-trained professionals as institutional linkage becomes obligatory under the new proclamation.
Addis Ababa Science and Technology University President Dereje Engida (PhD) also said that academicians are likely showing better initiative to conduct research since the proclamation facilitates the commercialization of research.
Head of Institutional Linkage and Technology Transfer at the Ministry of Education Teshome Daniel on his part stated that the proclamation makes the National Linkage Council, Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Center integrated.
The National HETRIIL forum was organized by Ministry of Education, GIZ Ethiopia, and Djibouti, and EAS, The Ethiopian Herald learned.
BY YESUF ENDRIS
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2023
