January 20, 2010 — The Ministry of Education has approved a new proposal that adds an extra year at university for undergraduate students, reports Capital.
Sources told Capital that the new system will be implemented in all governmental higher education centres from the start of the next Ethiopian fiscal year in July.
The new higher education structure has been implemented as a pilot project in the School of Engineering at Adama University (AU) since October 2008. According to the new system, engineering students will learn general engineering for three years and they will then specialise in different engineering fields for another two years.
According to sources AU has proposed the new transformation – which is based on best practices mostly from Europe – for higher education to keep up to international standards. Professor Dr. Herbert Eichele, president of AU, told Capital that in the next academic year, AU will introduce the new system in its other departments.
According to sources, the ministry accepted the new proposal for nationwide implementation after it evaluated the performance of the AU model.
Adama University (AU) sure has the best academic website in Ethiopia, IMO.
http://www.adama-university.net/
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