Dr Chala Feyira

Education and training

vice dean

institutions found in Ethiopia. Office of the Academic vice Dean manages four departments located at four different campuses. The departments include: Animal Health, Animal Science, Natural Resource and Management and Plant Science. As of October 2016, the college has also launched two new departments in Small Scale Irrigation Development and Farm Machinery and Equipment Maintenance. In addition, it offers a Continuing Education Program in the evenings. Trainees at the college have access to three small libraries affiliated with four the departments and one large central library. They also have access to the college’s ICT Center equipped with very fast broadband Internet service and a well-organized Registrar serving all departments. Each field of training provides 70% practical experience in various experimental farms and laboratories and 30% theoretical training through lectures and other didactic forums. The training at AATVETC follows an outcome-based training system where trainees are enrolled from Regional states based on the specific needs of the agricultural offices in each region. Each trainee is enrolled to complete a level IV training. Training begins from level I and the trainee must complete all levels in order to be awarded a Training Completion Certificate. The teaching style at the college emphasizes continuous assessment and trainees are encouraged to focus more on practical learning sessions than theoretical sessions. After successful completion of each level, trainees are required to pass a national competency assessment in order to advance to the next level previous.    next.

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