The Ethiopia Civil Service University conducted a one day workshop on Modular Curricula on December 21, 2011. About 50 participants including the university president, academic vice president, institutes and centers directors, department heads and other academicians attended the workshop.
Ethiopian Civil Service University got audited by Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency from December 27 to 30, 2011.The audit was made on the relevance and quality of the education that the University offered. In their effort to validate the self evaluation documents, the HERQA team composed of five members has visited the university facilities, workshops and laboratories. They also observed class presentations.
ECSU is planning to conduct the 5th National Conference on Federalism Civil Service in Ethiopia and &5th National Conference on Urban Development and related issues during the last week of May, 2012. Interested researchers are invited to send abstracts of completed papers to be assessed and, if selected, articles to be presented during the conferences.
Ato Philipos Petros, Head of HIV/AIDS Management Unit in the occasion said the first registered HIV/AIDS infection in Ethiopia occurs some 25 years ago in two people who were found HIV positive. Since then the pandemic grew and reached to 3.2 million 12 years ago, which is substantially reduced to 1.2 million in 2010 with reduction in adult prevalence rate from 7.7% in 2002 to 2.4% (national data compiled from ante natal service users).
Ethiopian Civil Service University Center for Training and Consultancy graduated 49 members of the House of Peoples Representatives with certificate up on completion of a course on Basic Laws on November 13, 2011 in the presence of Dr.Hailemichael Abera President of the Ethiopian Civil Service University, W/ro Roman Gebresilassie , Government Whip with the rank of State Minister, and W/ro Bayush Mekecha, Director, Human resource Development Directorate at House of Peoples Representative .The course took 16 weeks and there were 15 different topics in it.