ECSU and MoND sign MOU
Ethiopian Civil Service University and Ministry of National Defense signed MoU to train the Ethiopian National defense force Executive Staff in Leadership and Good Governance in master’s program on September 25, 2017 at ECSU senate hall. The agreement was signed to deliver a Master’s program for 48 executive staff recruited from the Ethiopian Air force headquarters and Executive Staff of National Defense Force on an existing curriculum in Leadership and Good Governance through block-based face to face program.
In the signing ceremony Ethiopian Civil Service University President, Professor Fikre Dessalegn expressed his pleasure and mentioned ECSU’s readiness to avail all the necessary facilities for the teaching learning activities. He also mentioned the ECSU has finalized the preparation and is waiting for the candidates to join the university. “With regard to the entrance examination we believe that it will be prepared to assess whether the candidates are equipped with the basic knowledge that a leader should acquire. College of readership and governance has rich experience in producing all rounded and skilled leaders. It has taught for many years and contributed in filling the gaps in the executive branch of the government. With this rich experience we believe the candidates from the Ethiopian National Defense Force will acquire a full- fledge skills and knowledge,” professor Fikre added.
Colonel Bereket Wolde Abiyezgi Hade of Defense Human Resource Management Main Department Office on his part expressed his pleasure in signing the agreement with ECSU. He also mentioned MoND is working hard to build the capacity of the Executive Staff with the modern leadership knowledge. In this regard, this agreement will help us to make our effort to be more effective, Colonel Bereket added.
It is known that based on the MOU signed between ECSU and MoND in 2011, Ethiopian Civil Service University has graduated 36 staff of MoND in leadership and good governance. It also provides post graduate class for the Ethiopian National Defense Force staff in three different cities Mekele, Shire and Harar without affecting the day to day operation .