Academic Programs Directorate

Kotebe University of Education - Academic Programs Directorate
Girma Belachew (PhD), Director

Mobile: +251911340604

Email: girma.belachew@kue.edu.et

Description of the Directorate

1. Introduction

There is a strong need to have a self-standing national University of Education dedicated to the advancement of education by addressing the deep rooted quality problems and the many historical, cultural, social and political challenges that have restricted our country‘s progress in education for many years. Cognizant of this repeated demand, the Parliament (HPR) of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia endorsed a proclamation No. 1263/2014 (October, 2021) which came out with a change of the name of Kotebe Metropolitan University to be Kotebe University of Education (KUE), the mission and accountability of the University.  This proclamation clearly signaled that the University needs to undergo a paradigm shift in all of its mandate, vision, and missions, academic programs and structure.  The University of Education produce quality graduates from across all disciplines of education to meet the nation’s education human resource needs and beyond.  It was believed that the newly established KUE will have the mandate to:  produce education workforce, conduct impactful research in education, produce policy options, advise government on matters related to education, design state of the art teacher education and leadership development programs and innovative practices, and serve as a resource center for other educational institutions.  KUE will have the following Vision and Mission.

Vision and Mission of the Academic Programs Directorate (APD)

Vision

Kotebe University of Education University strives to be a flagship university of education renowned for producing competent and effective education professionals to transform the education systems of Ethiopia and beyond. Based on this vision, the directorate has developed its own vision. The directorate aspires to be one of the leading to have academic programs that attract capable students nationally and internationally in the sector of education

Mission

The mission of the directorate is to develop demand driven and nationally as well as internationally recognized academic programs, and admit competent, inspired, and motivated prospective students.

Core Values

The directorate is committed to the following core values:

Academic freedom: A strong commitment to a free and democratic academic environment where individuals inquire, investigate and engage in relevant academic practices and development. 

Perseverance: A commitment and dedication to perform assigned duties to the best of one’s knowledge and abilities.

Good governance: The practice of democratic, transparent, inclusive, responsible and accountable leadership and management with the principle of equal opportunity.

Respect for diversity: A culture of equity and fairness in all forms of practices; a conviction for the respect of all people without sex, class, racial, ethnic, religious, and regional discrimination.

Professionalism: A commitment to a high standard of professional integrity and ethics.

Collaborative spirit: Culture of working cooperatively within the university and with other stakeholders; developing the “we” spirit and joint responsibility.

Fostering creativity/innovation: Develop a culture for generating new ideas, processes, services, technologies and entrepreneurial skills.

Respect for Nature and Environment: All endeavors of the university should be environmental friendly.

Background of the Academic Program Directorate

Through the Federal Civil Service Commission restructuring of the KUE which was done in December 2022, the former three directors (PG, UG, CDE) merged together and renamed as Academic Programs Directorate (APD) and all the human resource of the directorate are decided to be academic and technical staff. APD has been mandated with the following responsibilities:

  • Accountable for the overall support of Program Development, Revision, Promotion and Marketing (PDRPM), and overall implementation of the academic programs
  • Develop and revise program development and/or review, promotion and marketing Policies;
  • Organize national workshop for curriculum development or review;
  • Monitor and evaluate the overall functioning of the teams and case worker of the directorate;
  • Plan and report the activities and performances of the directorate;
  • Support the VPAA with matters related to academic affairs; and
  • Responsible for any other related activities in the academic affairs.

Academic Programs Directorate Units

The APD focuses in organizing and directing three major offices based on the new federal Civil Service structural arrangement which is assigned to the KUE in December 2022.