Student Dean Office

Kotebe University of Education - Student Dean Office
Abbay Belayhun, Dean

Mobile: +251911624550

Email: abbay.belayhun@kue.edu.et

Description of the Office

The Student Services Dean provides student support in providing multipurpose amenities. Our goal is to provide comprehensive services that will assist the students in achieving a successful and rewarding education experience in our university and at national wise. The Student Services Dean Office provides student support in the following areas:

  • Dining Services
  • Dormitory Services
  • Health Services/clinic
  • Guidance and Counseling
  • Sport, recreation and Co-curricular activities

Student Services Dean Office Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop guidelines and working procedures on student service policies and procedures including: dormitory, catering, cost sharing, disciplinary measures and health services.
  • Plan, organize, coordinate and control all activities pertinent to non-academic student services, (that is, catering, dormitory, recreation and health);
  • Ensure that student service policies and work procedures are known and complied with by individuals as well as collective bodies as appropriate;
  • Develop student services management and administration related strategies and operational plans and follow up on their implementation on approval;
  • Develop schemes for evaluating the performance of the employees of the office and recommend good performers for pay raise or promotion or other forms of reward;
  • Advise University higher officials on student services related matters;
  • Advise students on non-academic matters and provide services as required;
  • Work in cooperation with work units concerned with the welfare of students;
  • Ensure that goods and services needed for the facilitation and execution of student services are procured in time and within budget and recommend payments;
  • Oversee the maintenance of student service Information System (MIS);
  • Perform other related duties assigned by University Top management.
Service delivered by different teams of the office
  1. Dinning Services
Students’ dinning service team serve students in Ethiopian standard. The team’s concern is to make every dining experience nutritious one. The team give attention to plan menus that offer variety every day of the week.
  1. Dormitory Services
The quality of students’ living learning environment plays an important part in our university competence. Our dormitories are a place where students live in a community that values friendship and academic success. In planning and operating our dormitories, the office wants to meet students’ needs in every way possible.
  1. Health Services/Clinic
Being in good health is one of the basic prerequisite for good academic performance.  Thus, we strive to provide the best care possible through our professionals in a manner that is welcoming and respectful of everyone. The Student Clinic offers, Health Promotion /Disease Prevention & Routine health care provision. KUE is place at the capital city of the country. Because of this location advantage the university is using health institutions in the city to get all services to the students apart from our clinic.
  1. Guidance and Counseling
University students are adolescents and young adults who face tremendous pressure to adjust to the new environment. Students who join the University face different challenges. Adapting to the social and the physical environment constitutes one of the main challenges. Adjustment to new peer groups, academic atmosphere, loose family contact, and financial problems are some of the specific challenges. These challenges possibly lead students to personal crisis, mainly emotional disturbance, stress, and other social crisis. These mainly lead to academic failure, drug addiction, social isolation, suicidal attempts and the like. In relation to these problems, the need for student orientation, guidance and counseling services is crucial. In addition to these services, the University has decided to have an office for delivering Guidance and counseling services.
  1. Sport, recreation and co-curricular activities
The physical and the Psychological well- being of students are important for their academic success. To ensure that the office arrange sports and recreational activities for students.