College of Social Science and Humanities (CSSH) has given four days training for 60 academic staff of the college on April 24-25 and May 1-2, 205. The training is comprised of two parts: Academic writing and publication and SPSS.

The training was given in two sections grouping the trainees into two sections. Academic writing requires diligence and practice. There are certain universal features, regardless of customs and norms that govern academic writing and publication. This training for Academic writing, SPSS and Publication will empower CSSH staff to be successful in obtaining funding grants for doing research as well as publishing articles in reputable journals.

The training will focus on academic writing, publication. This training will also assist in planning, organizing and writing up research report, analysis using SPSS and getting published. The purpose of this training workshop is to assist and enable the college’s staff to write grant winning proposals, writing research reports and publications.

Academic Writing Help offers a range of services to staff all levels, whether they are trying to complete research report, writing grand wining proposal or writing a dissertation.

This specifically designed training will lead the college staff from understanding the basics of academic writing to producing high quality research theses and reports. The training will especially focus on enhancing participants’ skills in this specialized area with the aim of equipping them to further their academic career.

It will also address various issues related to research and academic writing skills as well as tackling respective challenges from the perspective of career development.

Haramaya University College of Natural and Computational Sciences celebrated “Sciences Day” On May 21, 2015. It was was one of its activities planned to be executed this year. The day was marked under a motto “Science for Sustainable Societal Development”. The event convened high school students from as far as Dire Dawa.

According to Dr Getachew Abebe, dean of College of Natural and Computational Science, the main objective of the gathering was to elevate the spirit of school children so that they can love, appreciate, learn and take science and mathematics as their career. Dr Getachew added that, it also aims at strengthening the linkage of the College to the high school students and vise versa.


On the day, the College, in collaboration with departments under it, exhibited laboratory setups and other scientific slides which were explained live to the invited attendees. Various other events such as mathematics Q & A competition amongst high school children were also part of the celebration.
The session was closed by award and recognition ceremony which was attended by Prof. Nigussie Dechassa, vice president for Research and Extension Affairs of Haramaya University.
The College appreciated its staff members and those who supported the event either directly or indirectly.

By:-Shemsedin Mohammed/ Public & International Relation Directorate         

Haramaya University hosted the 4^th Veterinary Education Forum and the 3^rd International Veterinary Education Conference under the theme “Enhancing Livestock Productivity, Role of Quality Veterinary Education, Research and Rationalization in Promoting Export Market to Ensure Sustainable Food Security and Economic Growth” from June 17^th – 19^th, 2015 at the Main Campus.

In his opening speech, Dr, G/Egziabher G/Yohannes, state minister for Livestock Development at Ministry of Agriculture, said the main agenda of the Ethiopian government is poverty eradication through broad based, inclusive, accelerated and sustainable economic growth and lifting Ethiopia to a middle-income status by 2025.

“Despite the huge livestock resources we have and an encouraging beginning developing the sector, it is still underutilized at the local, regional and national levels. The reasons are mainly lack of adequate institutional and technical supports, unimproved genetic makeup of local breed, low feed availability and feeding practices and underdeveloped marketing infrastructure,” he added.

It was indicated in the conference that creating favorable framework for quality veterinary education, service rationalization, enforcing legislations, establishing registration and licensing bodies promoting private veterinary practice are central to establishing an efficient national veterinary system.

Dr. Girma Amente, president of Haramaya University, on his part said that livestock plays a crucial role in socio-economic development of the farming community in particular and the country in general. The livestock sector in Ethiopia contributes 19% and 45% of the total and agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP), respectively, and provides livelihood for 65% of the population, Dr. Girma added.

Dr.Yitagele Terefe, dean of College of Veterinary Medicine of Haramaya University, said the college enrolled 320 students in DVM, Masters in veterinary public health and epidemiology in regular and BVSc in summer. This is BVSc program is on the way to be closed. Through its staff and student and also by collaborating with other national and international organizations, HU-CVM is conducting various demand driven and community services, the dean added.

During the closing sessions, Professor Chemeda Fininsa, vice president for Academic Affairs of Haramaya University, said the purpose of organizing conferences includes sharing knowledge, experiences, skills and discuses major problems, and set direction for immediate and future attention on different subjects. These shared issues should reach the public and be used in as inputs in our veterinary service, research, and learning-teaching system by publishing the proceedings and distributing to institutions.

Among the participants were delegates of ministries, member of House of People`s Representatives, representatives of local and international organizations, researchers, experts, related regional and federal bureau members, secretary of EVA Executive Board; USE veterinarian  Army; NGOs, deans and representatives of veterinary colleges/schools/ departments, invited guests, and staff  of Haramaya of University and student representatives.

The conference was jointly organized by Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopian Veterinary Association, and Haramaya University College of Veterinary. Furthermore, more than ten national and international organization including business companies had participated in the sponsorship.

On July 4, 2015 Haramaya University graduates 7,998 students in different fields of studies at undergraduate, masters’ and PhD levels.

It also confers Honorary Doctorate degrees upon two distinguished individuals, namely, Ismael Umer Gele, President of the Republic of Djibouti and a long standing friend of Ethiopia and Prof. Gebisa Ejeta, the 2009 World Food Prize Laureate, international researcher, and educator.

After awarding the Honorary Degrees and PhD Degrees, the prime minister of FDRE Hailemariam Desalegn, in his speech, reiterated that education plays a significant role in molding and shaping the human mind and behavior. It is also an instrument through which one can overcome the hardships in life. The expansion of education is of paramount importance for individual, societal, and national development and it is with this belief that the FDRE government is exerting maximum effort to make education accessible to all citizens, according to the premier.

He also explained that children and the young people are using all the opportunities opened to them and trying to extricate themselves from illiteracy and backwardness. The renaissance of the country is only successful when primary and secondary education is provided with high quality. In the effort the government of FDRE made the last 24 years to expand higher education and make it accessible to citizens, the number of public universities in Ethiopia, which was only two before 24 years, has now reached 37 including Civil Service and Defense universities.

In Growth and Transformation Plan-II (GTP-II), the government has planned to establish thirteen new universities which will take the number of public universities as high as 50. The success achieved in the access to education will also be repeated in assuring the quality, which will in turn contribute to the effort being made to achieve the national goal in the area of Human Resource Development plan, the premier added.

Prime Minister Hailemariam also commended the remarkable job that Haramaya University is doing.  He said that the university is one of the first two senior universities and in the last 20 years, the government has provided at most support to help the university expand its fields of studies and maximize its intake capacity.

Established before 60 years, the university has laid the strong foundation for Agriculture, which is the backbone of the economy, and has produced distinguished professionals nationally as well as internationally; through its cutting edge research, it has also produced knowledge and technology that have improved the life and livelihood of the farmers in Ethiopia.

The university should intensify the commendable job that it has started and contribute its lion’s share to the effort being exerted to improve production and productivity and build climate change-resilient green economy; it should also strengthen its research endeavor to make it participatory, community-based, and problem solving, the premier emphasized. The premier assured that the government of FDRE stands by the university in all its development efforts, especially, in the endeavor that the university is making to become center of excellence in Agriculture.

Graduates of different fields of studies from higher education institutions including Haramaya should discharge their responsibility to support the endeavor of the country for structural change in the economy and renaissance of Ethiopia. With the knowledge, skills, and values they have acquired from their education, they have to create jobs using all opportunities available for them and improve themselves; the government also provides them with the necessary support, the premier stressed.

The university also awarded Honorary Doctorate Degree to Ismael Umer Gele, the president of the Republic of Djibouti for his long-standing and dependable friendship with Ethiopia as well as Prof. Gebisa Ejeta, its alumna, researcher, and world food prize winner, for his remarkable job in sorghum research that improved the life of millions of people in the world. The premier also thanked Haramaya University for selecting these two prominent individuals for this honor, which is appropriate and appreciable.

According to the premier, the two individuals have worked and are working hard for the betterment of Ethiopia. He also promised that Ethiopian universities, especially Haramaya University, will provide free scholarships for Djibouti citizens.

After receiving the Honorary Degree, Mr. Gele and Prof. Gebisa said in their speech that they are thankful for the honor the university gave them and they will continue to work with the university hand-in-hand.

The other guest of honor on the convocation, Mr. Muktar Kedir, President of Oromia National Regional State, emphasized in his speech that the graduates should implement what they have learned by conducting research activities that solve the critical problems of their society. These young scholars should maximize their creativity and become exemplary professionals to serve their society with great ethics and trust, he added.

The other guest of honor in the convocation was Minister of Ministry of Education of the FDRE, Mr. Shiferaw Shigutie. He stressed in his speech that the government of FDRE has been giving maximum attention to education and allocated 25% of its budget for it. Accordingly, primary, secondary, TVET, and tertiary education opportunities have been expanded and all citizens have been benefiting from it. Effort is underway to produce sufficient and competent graduates at all levels. This year only, more than 93,000 students are graduating, of which 23,000 are females.

Dr.Girma Amente, president of Haramaya University in his speech mentioned that among the graduates of this year, 34 are PhD, 637 are masters’, and the rest are first degree graduates. The graduates are from regular, continuing, distance, and summer education programs in agriculture and environmental sciences, agro-industry and land resources, business and economics, education, health and medicine, law, technology, natural and computational sciences, computing and  informatics, and veterinary medicine. Among the graduates of the university, 22% are female graduates.

According to the 2007 E.C data, the intake capacity of the university in all programs at all levels has reach 35,000 students, among which more than 5,000 are postgraduate students, the president added. Dr Girma reiterated that the graduates play key role in supporting the implementation of the government’s plans, policies, and strategies. The graduates should serve their society with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes honestly and diligently. Among the graduates with distinction who gave their comments, animal science, natural resource management, and environmental science graduates respectively said that they serve their people with maximum commitment and diligence.

The graduation ceremony was held in the Afran Kallo Hall, and it gets a live media coverage on Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporate EBC 1 channel.

ሐዩ ኤፍ ኤም 91.5 እና የሕዝብና ዓለም ዓቀፍ ግንኙነት ዳይሬክቶሬት

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ከመስከረም 16 እስከ 19/2008 ዓ.ም ወደ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ይገባሉ፡፡
ከመስከረም 20 እስከ 24/2008 ዓ.ም ስልጠና ይወስዳሉ፡፡
ከመስከረም 25 እስከ 26/2008 ዓ.ም ምዝገባ ይካሄዳል፡፡
መስከረም 27/2008 ዓ.ም ትምህርት ይጀመራል፡፡

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ከመስከረም 27 እስከ 30/2008 ዓ.ም ስልጠና ይወስዳሉ፡፡
ጥቅምት 1 እና 2/2008 ዓ.ም ኦረንቴሽን ይሰጣቸዋል፡፡
ከጥቅምት 3 እስከ 5/2008 ዓ.ም ምዝገባ ይካሄዳል፡፡
ጥቅምት 8/2008 ዓ.ም ትምህርት ይጀመራል፡፡

ሀረር መስከረም 5/2008 በመጀመሪያው የእድገትና ትራንሰፎርሜሽን እቅድ የከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማትን ከማስፋፋት ጎን ለጎን ለትምህርት ጥራት መጠበቅና የሰለጠነ የሰው ሀይል በማፍራት በኩል አበረታች ስራ መከናወኑን የኦሮሚያ ክልል ምክትል ርእሰ መስተዳድር አስታወቁ። የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ መምህራንና የአስተዳደር ሰራተኞች በአንደኛው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ አፈጻጸምና በሁለተኛው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ ላይ ዛሬ ውይይት ጀምረዋል። የኦሮሚያ ክልል ምክትል ፕሬዜዳንትና የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የስራ አመራር ቦርድ ሰብሳቢ አቶ አብዱላዚዝ መሐመድ እንደገለጹት ባለፉት ዓመታት በአገሪቱ የሰላም፣የልማትና የዴሞክራሲ ስርዓት ግንባታን ለማጎልበት ሰፊ ርብርብ በማድረግ ከፍተኛ ውጤት ተመዝግቧል።በተለይ በመጀመሪያው የአምስት ዓመት የእድገትና ትራንሰፎርሜሽን እቅድ ዘመን የከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማትን ከማስፋፋት ስራ ጎን ለጎን የትምህርት ጥራትን ለማስጠበቅና የሰለጠነ የሰው ሀይል ለበማፍራት አበረታች ስራ መከናወኑን ተናግረዋል።

በሁለተኛው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ ትልቁ የትኩረት አቅጣጫ ከግብርና ወደ ኢንዱስትሪ መር ኢኮኖሚ የሚደረገው ጉዞ መሆኑን መንግስት በእቅዱ ማረጋገጡን አስታውቀዋል።እቅዱን ስኬታማ ለማድረግ በከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋም ሰላማዊ የመማር ማስተማር ስራን በማስፈን ብቁና የሰለጠነ የሰው ሀይል የማፍራት ስራ፣ የትምህርት ጥራትን ማጎልበትና ኢንዱስትሪና ከፍተኛ የትምህርት ተቋማትን በጥናትና ምርምር የማስተሳሰር ስራ ትኩረት የሚሰጠው እንደሆነ የስልጠናው ዋና ዓላማ መሆኑን ገልጸዋል። የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የስትራቴጂካዊ አመራርና ተቋማዊ ለውጥ ዳይሬክቶሬት ዳይሬክተር አቶ አበበ በላቸው በመጀመሪያው የእድገትና ትራንሰፎርሜሽን እቅድ በግብርና፣በትምህርት፣በጤና፣በመሰረተ ልማት ግንባታ፣በኢንዱስትሪና ሌሎች ዘርፎች የተከናወኑ ስራዎችን በጽሁፍ አቅርበዋል።

የትምህርት ሽፋንን ለማሳደግም በ2002 መጨረሻ 82 በመቶ የነበረውን የአንደኛ ደረጃ ንጥር የትምህርት ተሳትፎ ወደ 92 በመቶ ፣37 ነጥብ 9 በመቶ የነበረውን የሁለተኛ ደረጃ የትምህርት ተሳትፎ ወደ 62 በመቶ ከፍ ማድረግ እንደተቻለ ገልጸዋል። በቴክኒክና ሙያ ትምህርት ስልጠናና የቅበላ አቅምን የማሳደግ ስራ ከመከናወኑ በተጨማሪ የከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማትን የማስፋፋት፣በቅድመ ምረቃ የቅበላ አቅምን 400 ሺህ፣በድህረ ምረቃ ደግሞ የቅበላ አቅምን ወደ 28 ሺህ ማሳደግ መቻሉን አስታውቀዋል፡፡ከከፍተኛ ትምህርት አግባብነት አንፃር 70 በመቶ ተማሪዎች በሳይንስና ኢንጂነሪንግ፣ ከነዚህም መካከል 40 በመቶው በኢንጅነሪንግ መስክ እየተማሩ መሆናቸው ገልጸዋል።

መሰረታዊ የጤና አገልግሎትን ለሁሉም ዜጋ ለማዳረስ በሀገሪቱ ሁሉም አካባቢ ጤና ጣቢያና ጤና ኬላ በመገንባት መሠረታዊ የጤና አገልግሎት የሚሰጡ 40 ሺህ የጤና ኤክስቴንሽንና መካከለኛና ከፍተኛ የጤና ባለሙያዎችን በስፋት በማሰልጠን ወደ ሥራ እንዲሰማሩ መደረጉን ገልጸዋል።በመሰረተ ልማት የአስፓልትና ገጠር መንገድ፣የባቡር፣የቴሌኮሙዩንኬሽን፣ንጹህ የመጠጥ ውሃ፣መስኖና ኢነርጂ ግንባታ፣በኢንዱስትሪ ልማት በተለይ በጥቃቅንና አነስተኛ ተቋም ልማት፣ቁጠባና ኢንቨስትመንትን የማጠናከር ስራዎች እንደሚገኙበት በጽሁፋቸው አቅርበዋል።በአንደኛው የእድገትና ትራንሰፎርሜሽን እቅድ በህዝቡ ዘንድ የባለቤትነት ስሜት የታየበት፣ከፍተኛ የልማት መነሳሳት የተፈጠረበትና አመርቂ ውጤት የተመዘገበበት መሆኑን አቶ አበበ ገልጸዋል።

የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ተጠባባቂ ፕሬዜዳንት ፕሮፌሰር ጨመዳ ፊኒንሳ ውይይቱ በመጀመሪያው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ የተገኙ ስኬቶችን ለማጎልበትና ያጋጠሙ ችግሮችን በማስወገድ ለቀጣዩ እቅድ በቂ ዝግጅት እንድናደርግ ያግዛል ብለዋል።ውይይቱ በእቅድ ዘመኑ ለትምህርት ጥራት መጓደል ምክንያት የሆኑ ችግሮችን የመለየት፣በተቋማዊ ለውጥ ትግበራና በትምህርት የልማት ሰራዊት ግንባታ ፣ በመልካም አስተዳደር ስራ ላይ ያጋጠሙ ችግሮችን በማስወገድ የላቀ ውጤት ለማስመዝገብ እንደሚረዳም ተናግረዋል።

በውይይቱ ላይ የተሳተፉ መምህራንና የአስተዳደር ሰራተኛች በሰጡት አስተያየት በመጀመሪያው እቅድ አፈጻጸም ላይ የመልካም አስተዳደርና ኪራይ ሰብሳቢ ችግሮችን የመለየትና የተወሰዱ እርምጃዎች በግልጽ ያለመቀመጥ፣በግል ኮሌጆች ላይ የሚታየው የትምህርት ጥራት ጉድለትን መንግስት እየተመለከተ አይደለም ብለዋል።አዲስ በተከፈቱ የመንግስት ከፍተኛ የትምህርት ተቋም የትምህርት መስጫ ቁሳቁስ አለመሟላትና የንድፈ ሃሳብ ትምህርት ላይ ብቻ ማተኮር፣ የሁለተኛና 3ኛ ዲግሪ ትምህርት እጥረት፣ በአንደኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ላይ የትምህርት ጥራት ጉድለት መኖሩን ተናግረዋል።በታክስ አሰባሰብ፣ አርሶ አደሩን ከዝናብ ጥገኝነት ያለማላቀቅ ሁኔታ መታየት፣ የኤሌትሪክ መብራት መቆራረጥ እና ችግሮችን ሊፈታ የሚችል የመልካም አስተዳደር እጦትና ሌሎችም ችግሮች በሀገሪቱ እንደሚታይ ገልጸዋል።

ከመምህራኑና አስተዳደር ሰራተኞቹ የተሰነዘሩት አስተያየቶችና ጥያቄዎች ተገቢና ትክክለኛ በመሆናቸው በሂደት እየታዩ የሚፈቱ መሆናቸውን የኦሮሚያ ክልል ምክትል ርእሰ መስተዳድርና የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የስራ አመራር ቦርድ ሰብሳቢ አቶ አብዱላዚዝ መሐመድ እና የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ተጠባባቂ ፕሬዝዳንት ፕሮፌሰር ጨመዳ ፊኒንሳ ገልጸዋል።  

በዩኒቨርሲቲው ዋና ግቢና ሐረርና ጭሮ ከተማ በሚገኙ ኮሌጆች ዛሬን ጨምሮ ለሰባት ቀናት በሚካሄደው ውይይት ሁሉም መምህራንና የአስተዳደር ሰራተኞች  በመሳተፍ በመጀመሪያው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ አፈጻጸምና በሁለተኛው የትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ፣ በትምህርት ጥራት ላይ የባለድርሻ አካላት፣የአመራር ሚናና ቀጣይ የትኩረት አቅጣጫ በሚሉና በሌሎችም ርዕሶች ላይ ውይይት ይካሄዳል ተብሎ ይጠበቃል።

በውይይቱ መክፈቻ ቀን ትኩረት የተደረገው በመጀመሪያው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ በተገኙ የልማት ውጤቶችና ባጋጠሙ ችግሮች ላይ ነው። 

ረር ደብረብርሃን መስከረም 8/2008 በከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋም ለሚታየው የትምህርት ጥራት ጉድለት የተግባር መማሪያ ቁሳቁስ እጥረትና በበቂ ሁኔታ ያለመሟላት ችግር መሆኑን በሐረማያ የኒቨርሲቲ የሐረር ጤና ሳይንስ ኮሌጅ መምህራን ገለጹ። መምህራኑና የአስተዳደር ሰራተኞቹ በሶስተኛው ቀን ውሏቸው የትምህርት ጥራትን በማስጠበቅ እየተከናወኑ በሚገኙት ስራዎችና የባለድርሻ አካላት ሚና በሚሉ ርዕሶች ላይ ውይይት አካሂደዋል።

የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የአካዳሚክና ፕሮግራሞች ዳይሬክቶሬት ዳይሪክተር ዶክተር ይልፋሽዋ ስዩም የትምህርት ጥራት፣ምንነትና የሚገኝበት ደረጃ ፣የከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማት የስራ አመራር ቦርድ ሀላፊዎች፣መምህራን፣ተማሪዎችና ባለድርሻ አካላት በትምህርት ጥራት ላይ በሚጠበቅባቸው ሚና የሚል ጽሁፍ አቅርበዋል።በጽሁፉ በትምህርት ስልጠና ፖሊሲና በዘርፉ ያሉ የትምህርት ጥራት፣ተገቢነት፣ተደራሽና ፍትሃዊነት ላይ የተከናወነውንና የታየውን ችግር በዝርዝር አቅርበው ውይይት ተካሂዷል።በተለይ ባለፉት አሰርት ዓመታት እነዚህን ችግሮች ለመፍታትና የሚታዩ ክፍተቶችን ለማስተካከል መንግስት ሰፊ ስራ ማከናወኑንና አሁንም እንደቀጠለ መሆኑን ገልጸዋል።

በተለይ በ2007 የትምህርት ዘመን ማጠቃለያ በሀገሪቱ በመንግስት ከፍተኛ የትምህርት ተቋማት ከተመረቁት ከ90 ሺህ የሚበልጡ ተማሪዎች መካከል 50 ሺህ የሚደርሱት በኢንጅነሪንግና ሳይንስ የትምህርት መስክ የተሰለጠኑ መሆናቸው ለዘላቂ ልማቱ አንጸባራቂ የሚባል ስኬት መሆኑን አስታውቀዋል።

የመምህራንን የትምህርት ደረጃ ለማሻሻል ከሰባት ሺህ የሚበልጡ መምህራንን በሀገር ውስጥና በውጭ ሀገር የትምህርት እድል በመስጠት ከአንድ  ደረጃ ወደ ቀጣይ ደረጃ የማሳደግ ስራ እየተከናወነ መሆኑን ገልጸዋል።

የትምህርት ጥራትን ለማጠናከር ትምህርት ሚኒስቴር ከዩኒቨርሲቲዎች የስራ አመራር ቦርድ፣ከትምህርት ክፍል፣ ከመምህራን፣ ከተማሪዎች፣ ከኢንዱስትሪዎች፣ከማህበረሰቡ፣ከባለድርሻ አካላትና ጉዳዩ ከሚመለከታቸው ጋር የሰራቸውን ስራዎች በዝርዝር አቅርበዋል።

ለትምህርት ጥራት መጓደልና ለአፈጻጸሙ ችግር የሆኑና የመፍትሔ አቅጣጫ ተብለው የተቀመጡትን ስልቶችም ዶክተር ይልፋሸዋ በዝርዝር አቅርበዋል።ተሳታፊ መምህራኑ መንግስት አዳዲስ የከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋም የመክፈትና ነባሮቹን በከፍተኛ ወጪ የማስፋፋት ስራ እያከናወነ በመሆኑ ለትምህርት ጥራት መጓደል አስተዋጽኦ ይኖረዋል ብለዋል።ከማስፋፋቱ ስራ ጎን ለጎን ለተቋማቱ የሚያገለግሉ የተግባር ትምህርት መስጫ ቁሳቁስ በበቂ ሁኔታ አለመሟላትና የንድፈ ሃሳብ ትምህርት ብቻ መካሄዱ ለትምህርት ጥራቱ እንቅፋት መሆኑን ገልጸዋል።

ከተሳታፊዎቹ መካከል የላቦራቶሪ ቴክኒሻን መምህር አቶ በከር ፈቶ እንደገለጹት የላቦራቶሪ መሳሪያና ቁሳቁስ እጥረት፣አጋዥ የመማሪያ መጽሀፍ ፣ለጥናትና ምርምር ስራ የሚያገለግሉ ጽሁፎችና የኢንተርኔት አገልግሎት እጥረት በተለይ አዲስ በተከፈቱ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎችና በነባሮቹም ላይ መከሰት ለትምህርት ጥራት ችግር እያስከተለ ነው።የህብረተሰብ ጤና ሳይንስ መምህር ዶክተር ጉዲና ኢጌታና አቶ ኤፍሬም ተፈራ በተመሳሳይ ሙያና የትምህርት ደረጃ ለሚያስተምሩ የሀገር ውስጥና የውጭ መምህራን የሚከፈለው የደምወዝ መጠን አለመመጣጠን የመምህራኑን የስራ ተነሳሽነት እየጎዳና ለትምህርት ጥራቱም ችግር እያስከተለ መሆኑን ገልጸዋል።የተማሪ መምህር ጥምርታ አለመመጣጠን፣ኩረጃ መስፋፋት፣የከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማት ተማሪዎች ቁጥር መበራከት፣የሰው ሃይል እጥረትና የመምህራን ጥቅማ ጥቅም ማነስ ጥራቱ ላይ ተጽዕኖ እያሳደረ በመሆኑ መንግስት ችግሩን መቅረፍ እንዳለበት ጠይቀዋል።

ውይይቱን የሚመሩት የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የምርምርና ስርጸት የተመራማሪዎች ቡድን አስተባባሪ ዶክተር መንግስቱ ኡርጌ እና የሐረማያ የኒቨርሲቲ የስራ አመራር ቦርድ አባል አቶ ነቢል መሃዲ መምህራኑ ያነሷቸው ጥያቄዎች በግልጽ የሚታዩ በመሆኑ ችግሩን ለማስወገድ መንግስት ትኩረት ሰጥቶ እየሰራ መሆኑን ገልጸዋል።መንግስት ችግሩን ለማስወገድ የሚያከናውነውንና የትምህርት ጥራቱን ለማጎልበት በሚካሄደው ስራ ላይ መምህራኑ አይነተኛ አስተዋጽኦ ማድረግ እንደሚገባቸው አሳስበዋል።በዩኒቨርሲቲው ዋና ግቢና ሐረርና ጭሮ ከተማ በሚገኙ ኮሌጆቹ ከመምህራኑና ከአስተዳደሩ ሰራተኛ ጋር በመጀመሪያው የአድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን አፈጻጸምና በሁለተኛው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ ላይ የሚካሄደው ውይይት በተቋማዊ ለውጥ ትግበራና በእስካሁኑ አፈጻጸም ላይ ውይይቱ እንደሚቀጥል ከወጣው መርሃ ግብር ለማወቅ ተችሏል።

በሌላ በኩል በሀገር አቀፍ ደረጃ ባለፉት አምስት ዓመታት የተተገበረዉ የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ የተርጋጋ ማይክሮ ኢኮኖሚ በመፍጠር  የዜጎችን ተጠቃሚነት ያረጋገጠ  መሆኑን የደብረብርሃን ዩኒቨርስቲ ማህበረሰብ አባላት ገልጸዋል።ከዩኒቨርስቲው ማህበረሰብ አባለት መካከል አቶ መኳንንት ተስፋዉ እንደገለጹት የተጠናቀቀዉ እቅድ የልማት ፖሊሲና እስትራቴጂ በሀገር አቀፍ ደረጃ የተርጋጋ ማይክሮ ኢኮኖሚ በመፍጠር ለድህነት ቅነሳዉ አስተዋጽኦ አድርጓል።በልማታዊ ሴፍትኔት ፕሮግራም ለተሳተፉ አርሶ አደርና ከተማ ነዋሪዎች የተመቻቸ የልማት ፖሊሲ ተቀርጾ በተለያየ ደረጃ በተቋቋሙ የፋይናስ ተቋማት በመበደርና በመቆጠብ ኑራቸውን እያሻሻሉ መሆኑን አስታዉቀዋል።በትምህርት ዘርፍ ተደራሽነትን በማረጋገጥ ሀገሪቱ የነበረባትን የተማረ የሰዉ ሀይልችግር በመፍታ የዜጎች ፍትሃዊ ተጠቃሚነት እንዲረጋገጥ መደረጉን ተናግረዋል።  

የዩኒቨርስቲዉ መምህር ዶክተር ሀይለየሱስ ታየ በመጀመሪያዉ የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ በከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማት የታዩ ጠካራና ደካማ ጎኖችን ሰነዱ የፈተሸ በመሆኑ በቀጣይ የትምህርት ጥራትን ለማስጠበቅ የጋራ መግባባት ላይ እንደሚደረስ ተናግረዋል።መምህር ሶደሬ ኑርዲ በእቅድ አፈፃፀሙ የሴት መምህራን ቁጥር ያነሰ በመሆኑ ሴት ተማሪዎች በጥራት በማስተማር ወደ ስራ እንዲገቡ መንግስት ትኩረት ሊሰጥ ይገባል ብለዋል ።

የዩኒቨርስቲዉ ፕሬዜደንት አቶ ጌታቸዉ ተፈራ እንደገለጹት በከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋም የሚታየውን የትምህርት ጥራትና የመልካም አስተዳደር ችግር ለማስወገድ የዩኒቨርስቲዉ ማህበረሰብ ጥራት ያለዉ የሰዉ ሀይል ቀርጾ ለማዉጣት ዉይይቱ የጋራ ግንዛቤ እንዲያዝ ያግዛል ብለዋል።

በዉይይቱ ላይ ከአንድ ሺህ 400 የሚልጡ መምህራኖችና ድጋፍ ሰጪ ሰራተኞች ለሰባት ቀናት ውይይት እንደሚያደርጉ ከመርሀ ግብሩ ለማወቅ ተችሏል።

By College of Law

Haramaya University College of Law (CoL) is preparing to take part in the 24^th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, which is scheduled to take place from October 5-10, 2015 in Lusaka, Zambia.

According to Bacha Muleta, staff member at CoL and coach of the participating students, a team made up of two fifth year regular students has been working on writing memorials and oral submissions preparation for the past two months.

“The students, namely Girma Gadissa and Mekdes Sebhat, have sacrificed their vacation to prepare memorials for the respondent State and the applicant (each 4000 words) under my close supervision/coaching,” Bacha explained adding that the memorials have already been submitted to the organizers and the oral submission preparation is still underway.

The moot court competition is an annual event that brings together law students, academics and judges from all over Africa to argue and debate human rights issues and was awarded the 2006 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education. According to the organizers of the event, since its establishment in 1992, 1071 teams from 141 universities, representing 49 African countries have taken part in the competition.

This prestigious competition, which is organized and sponsored by the Center of Human Rights of Pretoria University, is meant to create awareness on African human rights system and the functioning of African human rights institutions across Africa. It serves as a forum for African human rights lawyers, judges and law students to meet and share knowledge on African human rights systems. The event is also meant to shape the participants on how to make oral and memorial submissions before international tribunals.

“Undoubtedly, this is a great opportunity for our Students. Furthermore, it contributes a lot in building the reputation of our university at international level,” Bacha explained his hope and expectation of taking part in this competition, which is the largest and oldest human rights educational initiative in Africa.

The information obtained from the organizers of the event indicates that the moot court competition consists of preliminary rounds, in which teams of students argue a hypothetical human rights case on the basis of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The Faculty Representatives serve as judges in these rounds, which are held separately in English, French and Portuguese. The best teams proceed to the final round, where the judges in the final round are international human rights lawyers of the highest standing, and simultaneous translation is provided. Participants attend a high-level one-day conference on human rights in Africa.

The African Human Rights Moot Court Competition has a proud and uninterrupted history of 23 years, in which it has reached over 10,000 men and women – an entire generation of young African human rights lawyers.

It is known that Haramaya University College of Law has a reputation of representing Ethiopia by participating in regional as well as international moot court competitions in the past several years.

በሀገር አቀፍ ደረጃ በተያዘ መርሀ – ግብር መሰረት ነባር ተማሪዎችን የሚያሳትፍ ለአራት ቀናት ከ20 – 25 / 2008 ዓ/ም የሚቆይ የውይይት መድርክ ተከፍቶ እየተካሄደ ይገኛል ፡፡

በውይይቱ ላይ ሀገራዊና ዩኒቨርሲቲውን የሚመለከቱ ጉዳዮች እንደሚነሱ የተገለጸ ሲሆን በዋነኛነትም የአንደኛው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ አፈጻጸም ፣ የሁለተኛው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ ይዘት ፣ የትምህርት ጥራትን የማስጠበቅ ስራና የባለድርሻዎች ሚና ፣ የዩኒቨርሲቲው የ2007 ዓ/ም እቅድ አፈጻጸምና የ2008 ዓ/ም እቅድ ይዘትን የሚመለከቱ ነጥቦች ቀርበው ከተማሪዎች ጋር ሰፊውይይት እንደሚደረግ ተገልጿል ፡፡

በውይይቱ የመክፈቻ ስነስረአት ላይ ንግግር ያደረጉት የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የአካዳሚክ ጉዳዮች ተጠባባቂ ፕሬዝዳንት ሆኑት ፕ/ር ጨመዳ ፊኒንሳ እንደገለጹት ስልጠናው ተማሪዎች  በአንደኛው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ ትግበራ ወቅት በተለያዩ ዘርፎች በተለይም በግብርና ፣ በኢንዱስትሪ ፣ በትምህርትና በጤና አገልግሎት የነበሩ ጠንካራና ደካማ አፈጻጸሞችና ውስንነቶችን ለመገንዘብ እንዲችሉ እንደሚረዳና እንዲሁም  የሁለተኛውን እቅድ አገራዊ ተደራሽ ግቦችና የማስፈጸሚያ ስልቶችን በተለይም በትምህርቱ ዘርፍ ያለውን ለይተው በማወቅ ግበአት እንዲሰጡ ብሎም በትግበራው ላይ የላቀ ተሳትፎ ለማድረግ እንዲችሉ የሚያዘጋጅ እንደሆነ ተናግረዋል ፡፡

አክለውም በአሁኑ ወቅት በሀገራችን የትምህርት ጥራት በተለያዩ ምክንያቶች አሳሳቢ እየሆነ የመጣና በጋራ ሊሰራበት የሚገባ በመሆኑ እንዲህ ያሉ የጋራ የውይይት መድረኮች መካሄዳቸው የትምህርት ጥራትን ለማስጠበቅ እንቅፋት የሆኑ ምክንያቶችን ለመለየትና ችግሩንም ለመቅረፍ የተማሪው ፣ የመምህሩና የአመራሩ ሚና ምን እንደሆነ በግልጽ በማወቅ ተማሪው የትምህርት ጥራትን ለማጎልበት የድርሻውን መወጣት እንዲችል ትልቅ አስተዋጾ ያደርጋሉ ብለዋል ፡፡

በመሆኑም ተማሪው በአራቱ ቀናት የውይይት ጊዜ ውስጥ የሚቀርቡ ሪፖርቶችንና ሀሳቦችን አጽኖት ሰጥቶ በመከታተል በሰለጠነ ስርዓትና በነጻነት ሀሳቡን በመግለጽ የነቃ ተሳትፎ እንዲያደርግ ጥሪያቸውን አስተላልፈዋል ፡፡

በእለቱም የአንደኛው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅድ ትግበራ ሪፖርት ቀርቦ ውይይት ተደርጎበታል ፡፡ ከቀናት በፊት ተመሳሰይ ውይይት ከዩኒቨርሲቲው መምህራንና ሰራተኞች ጋር መደረጉ የሚታወስ ነው ፡፡

ሀረር መስከረም 20/2008 የአካባቢውን ህብረተሰብ የልማት ተጠቃሚነት ለማጎልበት የጀመረውን የማህበረሰብ አገልግሎት ስራ አጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥል የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ አስታወቀ።

ዩኒቨርሲቲው በምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን ኮምቦልቻ ወረዳ በአንድ ሚሊየን ብር ያስገነባቸውን ሶስት የድንች ዘር ማከማቻ መጋዘኖችን ለድንች ዘር አብቃይ አርሶ አደር ማህበራት አስረክቧል።
በኮምቦልቻ ወረዳ የመጋዘኑ ርክብክብ ትናንት በተከናወነበት ወቅት የዩኒቨርሲቲው የምርምር ጉዳዮች ምክትል ፕሬዜዳንት ፕሮፌሰር ንጉሴ ደቻሳ እንደገለጹት ዩኒቨርሲቲው በተበታተነ ሁኔታ የሚያከናውነውን የማህበረሰብ አገልግሎት ለማጠናከር ባለፉት ሶስት ዓመታት የማህበረሰብ አገልግሎት ፍኖተ ካርታ አዘጋጅቶ ወደ ስራ ገብቷል።የግብርናውን ዘርፍ ምርትና ምርታማነት ለማሳደግም በምርምር የተገኙ የሰብል ዝርያዎችን ከውጭ ዝርያዎች ጋር በማዳቀልና የበግ፣ፍየልና ዶሮ ጫጩቶችን ለአካባቢው አርሶ አደሮች ማሰራጨቱን ተናግረዋል።በወረዳው ቀቀሊ፣ቢሊሱማና ኤጉ ቀበሌ የተገነቡት የድንች ዘር ማከማቻ መጋዘኖች ዘር አቅራቢው አርሶ አደር ዘመናዊ ቴክኖሎጂን ባልተከተለ መንገድ ያከናውን የነበረውን የዘር አቀራረብ ስራ ችግር እንደሚያስወግድም አስታውቀዋል።
ዩኒቨርሲቲው ከተቀናጀ የዘር ልማትና ካስ ኬፕ ከተባሉ መንግስታዊ ያልሆነ ድርጅቶች ጋር በቅንጅት ያስገነባቸው መጋዘኖች እያንዳንዳቸው እስከ 500 ኩንታል የድንች ዘር የመያዝ አቅም እንዳላቸው ገልጸዋል።

የምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን ምክትል አስተዳዳሪና የግብርና ቢሮ ሃላፊ አቶ አብዱራዛቅ አህመድ በዞኑ በአመት 178 ሺህ ሄክታር መሬት በሁለት ዙር አትክልትና ፍራፍሬን ጨምሮ በመስኖ እንደሚለማ ገልጸዋል።ከዞኑ ከ14 ሚሊዮን ኩንታል የሚበልጥ አትክልት በአመት በማምረት አርሶ አደሩ እስከ ከሁለት ቢሊየን ብር የሚበልጥ ገቢ እያገኘ መሆኑን ጠቁመው የመጋዘኑ መገንባት የመስኖ ልማትን በማጎልበት የዘር አቅርቦት ችግር እንዳይከሰት ከፍተኛ ጠቀሜታ እንዳለው ገልጸዋል።በወረዳው ኤጉ ቀበሌ ነዋሪ አርሶ አደር አብደላ ሙሀመድ እንደተናገሩት የመጋዘኑ መገንባት አርሶ አደሩ በተበታተነ መንገድ የጀመረውን የዘር አቅርቦት በተቀናጀ ሁኔታ ለማከናወን ያግዛል።የቀቀሊ ገጠር ቀበሌ ነዋሪና አርሶ አደር ወይዘሮ አኒሳ አህመድ የመጋዘኑ መገንባት ምርጥ ዘር ፍለጋ ወደ ሌላ ቦታ የሚያደርጉትን ጉዞ በማስቀረት የነበረባቸውን አላስፈላጊ ወጪ እንደሚያስቀርላቸው ተናግረዋል።

በሌላ በኩል ዩኒቨርሲቲው ከማስተማርና ምርምር ስራው ጎን ለጎን የአካባቢውን ህዝብ የልማት ተጠቃሚነት ለማጎልበት እያከናወነ ያለው የማህበረሰብ አገልግሎት ስራ በቀጣይ ተጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥል ፕሮፌሰር ንጉሴ ገልጸዋል።በጤና፣በትምህርት፣በነጻ የህግ አገልግሎትና ሌሎች ማህበረሰቡን ሊጠቅሙ የሚችሉ በርካታ ስራዎች እያከናወነ መሆኑን ተናግረዋል።

የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ በአካባቢው የሚያደርገውን የጤና አገልግሎት ስራ ለማጠናከር ባለፈው ዓመት 90 ሚሊዮን ብር የሚገመት የህክምና ቁሳቁስና መድሃኒት ለሶስት ሆስፒታሎች እንደሰጠ መገለጹ ይታወሳል። 

By:-Shemsedin Mohammed/Public & International Relation Directorate

A new outpatient department and delivery facility at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, built with funding from the government of the United States and offering compressive integrated HIV clinical and maternity services, opened at Harar on October 5, 2015.

Holly Wong, principal deputy assistant secretary for Global Affair at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Peter H. Charge d` Affaires, A.I., U.S. Embassy, Professor Chemeda Fininsa, acting president of Haramaya University, and Mr. Ordin Bedri, head of Harari Regional State president office, participated in the inauguration of the hospital.

According to the press release from the Embassy of United States of America, with funding from the U.S. President`s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and working in partnership with Haramaya University and Harari Regional Health Bureau, the U.S. Government provided $3.6 million (over Birr.73 million) for the construction of this new facility. The facility complies with U.S. construction standards and is fully accessible.

The new facility will provide complete and coordinated care enhance the patient-centered experience and to increase capacity to accommodate ever increasing patients on anti-retroviral therapy (ART). The hospital has a quality waiting area, ultrasound facilities, nurse stations, examination rooms, duty rooms, maternity rooms, a nursery, an operation room, a labor/delivery room with bathrooms/showers, a program on the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission, a family planning unit, and adult and pediatric Antiretroviral Therapy. The new outpatient and delivery facility will be an additional asset for Haramaya University as a teaching venue for physicians and other health worker training programs.

Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital serves as a referral hospital for the entire eastern part of the Ethiopia, including the Eastern Oromia, Dire Dawa City Administration, the Somali Regional State and the Harari Regional State. Currently, the facility is treating more than 2,097 HIV positive patients.

Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital is a teaching hospital for Haramaya Univrsity Health and Medical Sciences students The history of America`s relationship with Haramaya Univrsity`s dates back to the early 1950s when the United States helped establish the original Agricultural College at in Haramaya.

The building key was handover to Professor Chemeda Fininsa Acting President of Haramaya University by Dr. Jeffrey Hanson, CDC Ethiopia Country Director.

During the occasion, Professor Chemeda said, “Haramaya University Hiwot Fana Specialized Teaching Hospital is renowned health facility serving peoples living in the east part of Ethiopia for the past 75 years.”

“Our teaching hospital has been trying to improve its service hand in hand with the government and key partners; as an example the recent teaching and medical building under construction is one of its huge investments in our university history, which exceed one billion birr. Our university believes modern facilities are ingredient for a better service delivery and man power development. So, we are trying our best in this regards,” he added.

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with the support from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has been providing technical assistance in Ethiopia. The OPD annex that cost 3.5million USD is now ready for the intended purpose: to provide outpatient, ART, VCT, PMTCT and labor and Delivery services. Besides, the university will maximize the use of the OPD annex in teaching health and medical science students and expand specialty training in Gynecology and Obstetrics.

The complexity and sophistication of equipment’s and other furnishing materials installed at the facility are exemplary and require critical care. This new facility will be of a tremendous benefit to Haramaya University, the region and the surrounding community and contribute its share in supporting the country to achieve the targets to: Reduce Mothers Mortality Rate, Increase skilled birth attendance, and Increase Anti Natal Care coverage.

During the occasion, it was indicated that the OPD annex would be occupied for the intended purpose of outpatient services and the University will maintain the building so that it will remain usable for its purpose.

Prof. Chemeda highly appreciated the commitment of CDC-Ethiopia and asked to continue its support to Haramaya University by providing the necessary assistance to make complete function of the 900 bed capacity under construction hospital building. And we need your support in the field of health professional’s development.

Mr. Desalegn Admassu, dean of Health & Medical Science College Haramaya University, in his welcoming speech’s, indicated that the Outpatient annexes to support programmatic and surveillance activities in the area of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections.

According to Mr. Desalegn, Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital obstetric department admits more than 3000 patients per year, with 2664 delivery services. Even though our hospital serves these all patients, in our dept we only have 3 rooms (1 laborward,1 maternity, 1 delivery room) totally around 30 beds are there and additionally we shared surgical ICU and operation room.

The hospital used to carry delivering mothers upstairs, in an old building which was built 70-80 years ago. The clinical staff, the family used to suffer to comfort the delivering mother with a serious shortage of space and now the shortage of space for delivering is reduced, so he thanked the people of the United States of America.

On the occasion, Professor Chemeda gave the acknowledgement and handed over Certificate to the partners and high senior officials and other guests visit the building.