ECSU president discusses with H.E Mr Abdullahi Godah Barre
Professor Fikre Dessalegne, Ethiopian Civil Service University President, discussed with Minister of Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Republic of Somali, H.E Mr Abdullahi Godah Barre on March 12, 2020 at ECSU Senate Hall.
The president welcomed the minster and explained the ongoing process of ECSU to become a leading center of excellence in public service capacity building in Africa by 2025. As he mentioned the university graduated several Somali students in the past years and has made a significant contribution in building the capacity of the Federal Republic of Somali civil servants. The coming years the university has a plan to give scholarship and enroll more candidates he added. “As a higher education center the University is secular. Political and religious activities are not allowed in the university , so the ministry should give detail explanation and orientation about our educational system while recruiting and measuring new candidates who will join ECSU .” he underlined. He also promised to help the minister in different areas and asked them to provide more details of the type of support they need to the university.
H.E Mr Abdullahi Godah Barre thanked the university in building the capacity of the Somali civil servants and asked to continue its support in re -opening the Institute of Civil servant in Federal Republic of Somali. “At this time, we as a country need to make every system more formal starting from formulating our constitution and other public institutions of the government. So we requested the university to help us and share the expertise” he added.
In the discussion the Federal Republic of Somali ambassador in Ethiopia H.E Abdihakim Abdullahi and Mr Abdikarim Mohammed Cultural Attaché of the embassy participated.