BAHIR DAR–Bahir Dar University’s Institute of Technology has opened a new academic campus at Tana-Beles Sugar Development Project, the Ethiopian Sugar Corporation has reported recently.
Bahir Dar University opened the campus in collaboration with Human Resource Management and Factory Operation Divisions of the Project. According to the report of the Project’s Public Relations Office, the University has enrolled students in extension (continuing education) programs in three disciplines. The move is expected to benefit members of the community in need of higher education a great deal, the Office further disclosed.
During the opening ceremony of the campus, the University’s Institute of Technology Vice Director, Assistant Professor Yonas Mitiku said that the opening of the campus is a good opportunity to the Project staff as well as the local community and underlined for the proper exploitation of the this opportunity.
He has also said the three departments opened at Tana-Beles Sugar Development Project venue are highly in accordance with the Project’s current as well as future needs.
The University graduates students with first and second degrees in computer science, mechanical and automotive, and manufacturing engineering, it was learned.
It has also brought more than 30 new computers and set them up at Tana-Beles Project main campus.
Deputy General Manager of the Project`s Human Resources Division Mr. Henok Belete during the opening ceremony of the Campus has praised the University’s move in opening the campus 250 km away from its location just to benefit the staff of the Project as well as the community around.
The University’s Institute of Technology has held continuous consultation with the Project’s Human Resources Management and Factory Operation Divisions to create a forum of university-industry ties, it was disclosed.
Source: Ethiopian Sugar Corporation
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