Haramaya University

The Continuing Education Program (CEP) was established in 1980/81 A.Y. It commenced offering diploma level training in Animal and Plant Sciences with the philosophy of extending academic programs through establishing satellite centers, under the auspices of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University. Later, with the upgrading of the Alemaya College of Agriculture (ACA) to a full-fledged university, the CEP has started to run under the mandate of the then Division of Natural and Social Sciences (DNSS) and then decided the program had to be administered by the Faculty of Agriculture (FOA) now College of Agriculture (COA), its home-base being the Department of Agricultural Economics.

In 1984/85 A.Y. a third agricultural science program, namely Rural Economics and Social Development (RESD) was started in the CEP. Further developments occurred in the 1986/87 A.Y. by upgrading training in Animal and Plant Sciences to a degree level. In the same academic year, two new diploma fields in Accounting and Management were introduced to the continuing education program. The main intent was to respond to a very high demand in business related fields in Harar and Dire Dawa vicinities and to provide students with the ability to pursue educational opportunities.

In view of the fact that the demand for training in Accounting and Management fields was very high and continues to be high, these programs were upgraded to a degree level in 2002/2003 A.Y. In the contrary, the B.Sc. degree programs in Animal and Plant Sciences were discontinued as a result of lower demand from the users' side.

Currently the continuing education program is reorganized with accountability directly to the Faculty of Continuing and Distance Education (FCDE), a full-fledged faculty with its own Academic Commission (AC), Assistant Registrar's and Records Office. The Continuing Education Program has the objectives of providing streamlined training opportunities to government and non-government employees and other residents of HU environs in a responsible way while maintaining quality in delivery formats and content compared to on-campus programs. With this view, the program is increasing the number of training fields and capacity of admissions on the basis of needs assessment and capacity of the university.

The Continuing Education Programme now runs trainings of MSc degree programs in Agricultural Economics and in Agricultural Economics and Rural Development while degree programs include Accounting, Management, Economics, Computer Science, Nursing, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Law.The Diploma level training, which currently is phasing out, is offered in Accounting, Management and Law. Formerly, the courses are used to be offered in the weekends in the Harar and Dire Dawa towns. At present, however, with the expansion of the activities of the CEP the degree programs are offered in the evenings of the week days whereas the diploma sessions are handled on the weekends. Moreover, in order to meet demand of the trainees, programs are run on a three-semester basis with a course load of 9-12 credit hours.

Mission of the CEP

Objectives and functions of the CEP

Admission Requirements

Admission to training programs in the CEP generally falls in to two groups: generic and upgrading programs. In the former case, criterion follows admission of the regular program. In the later case, individuals who have grade point of =2.00 in the 12th grade ESLCE and have completed their diploma studies from accredited institutions can join the program as an advanced standing student in fields related to their former specializations. In this regard, Accounting, Management and Law fields of studies are primarily designed for upgrading from diploma to BA/LLB degree.

Graduation Requirements

Degree Nomenclature

Staff profile

Contact Information

Telephone
                   (251) 025 - 5530315
FAX
     251-025-5530325/31/54
Postal address
    Haramaya University
Continuind Education Program
     P.O.BOX 138
     Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Electronic mail
     General Information: cep@haramaya.edu.et

Summer Program

Background

The Kiremt In–Service program provides upgrade training for those who are on-job with low qualification in different professions. It is aimed to increases the qualified man power of the country. This program is an intensive program, which lasts with in two months of the rainy season (from mid of July to mid of September). The period itself is vacation time for the school teachers and they preferred to use the time for their education. This period is preferable not only for teachers but also for other professionals since they can make use of their annual leave to gain a better education.
The Haramaya University has started to run the kiremt In-Service program since 1990 E.C. to make its own contribution to produce qualified teachers under the faculty of education. It has been expanded by launching departments in different faculties and college of Agriculture based on the demand of professionals at diploma level. It is structured under the faculty of continuing and distance education. Currently the Kiremt In-Service Program provides training in four Faculties, one College and school of Graduate Studies. In general the Kiremt In-Service program has got increasingly high demand and is doing better to satisfy the need of the people with regard to education.

Objectives

The main objective of the Kiremt /Summer/ In–Service program is
• to allivate the shortage of skilled manpower existing in the country.
• To satisfy individual interest in education

Faculty Of Education (FOE)

kiremt in-service program provides training
The degree program includes the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, English, Geography and History. The first four departments have been started since 1990 E.C. The last two departments have been started since 1991 E.C.
In the expansion of the kiremt program in the FOE the English and physical education and sport have been launched in 1994E.C. and 1998 E.C respectively. principalship training for senior secondary school directors has been offered since 1995 E.C.
In collaboration with Harreri, Dire Dawa and Somali regional educational Bureaus, principalship training for primary school directors has been conducted since 1995 E.C.

The University Particularly COA observed that the existence of high demand in the line of Agricultural sciences. So the program has touched the college to Agriculture and started to offer the degree program in three departments: Agricultural extension, Animal Science and Plant Science since 1994 E.C. In its expansion Agricultural Economics, Soil & Water Engineering and Natural Resource Management have been launched in 1996, 1997 and 1998 E.C respectively.

Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE)

FBE is so interested to launch some of its departments under Kiremt In-Service program. So two departments: Management and Accounting have been launched in 1997 E.C and then department of Cooperative has been started in 1998 E.C.
Faculty of Law (FOL)
The kiremt In-Service program has offered training in law degree program since 1997E.C. Moreover, the FOL is conducting law training at advanced diploma and certificate level since 1997E.C. and 1995E.C. respectively in collaboration with Somali Regional Capacity Building Bureau.

Faculty of Health science (FOH)

In this Faculty, the kiremt In-Service Program has got high demand from the professional experts and then started to give training in the department of Environmental Health Science at degree level in 1998 E.C.

Admission requirement

The applicants under this In-Service program especially for degree program in all departments are those who have obtained diploma from the recognized institution. They are eligible to apply for the same or related field of study.
Based on the capacity of the University to host and the strength of the departments the number of candidates who join the University for the Study under this program is restricted by the Admission and placement committee of the University.

Payment

HU is very considerate on the payment of Kiremt students especially private sponsored students. The University collects the total payment including tuition fee and accommodation expenses from students during registration if they are private sponsored. However, according to the cost of living condition the payment may be changed by the decision of the University management. The current payment for private students is
• 1440 Birr for tuition and accommodation fee,
• 25 Birr for application and
• 25 Birr for registration fee.
If the students have been sponsored by government or non government organization, then the program communicates the sponsoring organization to settle the payment as early as possible before the students being registered. This payment currently is 1650 Birr.
The payment primarily serves the instructors who are offering courses for the students and full filling the facility of the program and accommodation service like food, dormitory etc for the students themselves.

Programs

The University is runing summer training programs at Masters and first Degree levels in the following Fields.

A. Masters	B.Sc. Degree Programs (COA)	Faculty Of Law
a) Animal Production b) Agronomy c) Horticulture d) Soil Science e) Agri.Extension f)Agri.Economics g) Irrigation Engineering h) Biology i) Range Ecology and Management	Agricultural Economics Agricultural Extension Animal science Plant Science Soil & Water Engineering management Natural Resource Management Animal Health**	Law (Degree) Law in advanced diploma Faculty of Business and Economics (Degree) Accounting Management Cooperative
B.Ed Degree Programs (FOE)
Afan Oromo Biology English Geography History Physics Chemistry Mathematics Principalship for secondary school directors (postgraduate diploma) Principalship for primary school director (Certificate)	Faculty Of Health Sciences (Degree) Environmental Health Science Nursing* Laboratory Technology*

* Expected new departments in 1999 E.C
The Kiremt In-Service is always looking new applicants every year till April 9 for under graduate studies in one of the above departments.
The Kiremt In-Service is always looking new applicants every year till June 9 for graduate studies in one of the above departments.

Contact Information

Telephone
                   (251) 025 - 5530363
FAX
     251-025-5530325/31/54
Postal address
    Haramaya University
Kiremt In-Service Program
     P.O.BOX 138
     Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Electronic mail
     General Information: summer@haramaya.edu.et

Distance Education

Background

The scope and rapidity of social change has produced a knowledge-based society in which tertiary education and research act as the principal engine propelling sustainable development of communities and nations. The far-reaching changes taking place in the world now, and the introduction of new human values into societies, based on knowledge and information, reveal how higher education is overwhelmingly important. Moreover, citizens joining the higher education in a given country will be able to enjoy more flexible access to intensive training, updated knowledge, and the acquisition of new skills for the purpose of employment or redeployment. This constitutes one of the main aspects of the democratization and renovation of higher education, in particular and education in general. Thus, one could argue that higher education will determine the future well-being of individuals and nations.
Therefore, the knowledge base of the existing professionals needs lifting up to cope with the extra volume of work and challenge created by the remarkable socio-economic development of Ethiopia. Hence, tremendous efforts are under way by the Government to make the higher education institutions responsive to all the development needs of the country.
The Government’s new educational policy is designed considering these ends. Because of this, a number of higher learning institutions have been established and huge expansion is underway. This in turn substantially boosted the annual student in- take and the total enrollment capacities of tertiary level education.
In line with the Government's policy, Haramaya University is entrusted with the mandate of teaching, research and out reach activities, Producing agricultural and Economist ,managerial professionals has remained one of the objectives of HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY from its inception in the 1950’s. Meeting these needs at macro, meso and micro levels involve need-based opening of new programs and vertical expansion of the new and existing programs.
Besides the regular, continuing and summer in service programs; HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY had launched the Distance education program funded by BESO since 2003. The program had been given in different centers for elementary school teachers, where more than 1200 primary school teachers have been upgraded (graduated with Diploma) in the past academic years.
This suggests an emerging potential to in corporate distance education into the pedagogical model for higher education expansion. This potential has been put to good use in various developing countries. In fact distance education enrollments in our university as compare to other African universities is in significant.

Current programs

The lessons we have drawn from this program is now initiating our university to open distance Education programs particularly in Agriculture and FBE. Currently ,we have started BSc/BA Degree Programs at 4 Centers in the following Departments
- Rural Development and Agricultural extension
- Agricultural Economics,
- Economics
- Accounting
- Management
In addition to the existing Distance Education program under the faculty of FCDE the university would launch BSC, BA and BED program in the fields of Agriculture, FBE and FoE. in the coming academic year. The motto is that the contribution of these BSC & BA holders to the development of the agricultural and business and management sector would be enormous and this is part of the University's commitments to satisfy the growing demand by different ministries and other development agencies for such qualified persons.
Obviously, with the present rate of student influx to Ethiopian universities, the government does not and will not have the capacity to expand the universities in physical and human resources indefinitely. Akin, it would be crucial to train the working citizens who do not have access to the regular program of higher learning institution in this country.

Objectives of the program

The main purpose of this new BSC and BA program through distance education under the faculty of FECD is to respond to the growing needs of qualified manpower in the filed of Agriculture, Business and Economics.

a. General objective

The general objective of the program is to assist in skilled man power development efforts of the Government of Ethiopia through the production of qualified manpower in different disciplines through distance learning. Developing technical skills in different disciplines that increase educational access by persons living in remote and poorer regions.

b. The Specific objectives

• To meet the ever–increasing demand of agriculturalists in the country, and hence to provide professional service at regional and national levels with a view to accelerating social and economic developments.
• To produce professionals that meet the quality of best agriculturalist who are capable to conduct problem–solving and demand-driven researches pertinent to agriculture and to produce competent agriculturalist imbued with a sense of social purpose and with a view to enhancing the development of agriculture in the country. It is about becoming more responsive to the national needs and attempting to produce graduates that would bring the desired impact.
• To give access for middle level agriculturalists who would like to pursue their education in agriculture.
• To make the expertise of the university available to local communities and in ways that are consistent with teaching and research functions. It might result also in promoting the linkages of HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY research with various stakeholders and above all with the rural livelihoods.
• To equip participants with the skills to participate meaningfully and effectively at institutional level in management business and economics
• To develop the capacity of an economist, Accountant etc. and social enterprises to respond creatively to the needs and problems of the wider community and society.
• To provide adults combining family responsibilities and full - time jobs, with access to BASc and BA degree and personal development opportunities.
• To strengthen the leadership and professional management skills of accountants, managers and economists.
• To improve institutional management structure of the ministries through up date grading professional and technical skills.

Requirement for the BSC and BA degree program

Requirement for the BSC and BA degree program through Distance Education in:
- Rural Development and Agricultural extension
- Agricultural Economics,
- Economics
- Accounting
- Management

Admission Requirements

Duration of the program

The total duration of the BSc and BA program through distance learning in the indicated fields will be 8 to 10 semesters. Each year will have 2 semesters and each semester will have 2 tutorial programs /sessions/ face - to face mode of delivery system.
About 20% of the total credit hours (9 contact hours for a 3 credit course) will be delivered through face - to - face mode (tutorial mode) and the remaining contact hours are expected to be covered by the distant learners provided that the distance materials/ modules/ are ready for the distance learners before two months of the commencement of the tutorial sessions begin.

Graduation Requirements

Contact Information

Telephone
                   (251) 025 - 5530372
FAX
     251-025-5530325/31/54
Postal address
    Haramaya University
Distance Education Program
     P.O.BOX 138
     Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Electronic mail
     General Information: distance@haramaya.edu.et