21-01-07

To: Institutional Quality Assurance main work Process

ጉዳዩ፡- "Giben technology language and computer training has full permission "

የ ሰጠነ ውን ግብረ መልስን አስመልክቶ፡ በውሳኔው አለመስማማቴን ስለማሳወቅ እና ሊሎች የ ሪፖርት ስራዎች

Report

About Current TVET Institution including Together, Belay Zeleke

and Shuro Meda Work 2007 EC

Really it is a great generosity and bounteous work of the donor. Encourage them to learn all

aspects of education. I think those special need people greater than even normal person because

they use their brine properly!

If you get an access to visit them really wonderful during classroom observation they can

manipulate more than any healthy person "disability is a reality for me but a possibility for

everyone!"

Yes indeed education for all is the most important things I remember one thing that Education

for a nation i.e. “Disability is not inability”. Education is the key to success. Determination and

hard work lead success".

I would like to acknowledge my deepest appreciation and thankful for their unreserved support

here in Ethiopia special area of Addisu Gebeya Sefer”. Ethiopian Evangelical church project of

community development work built one TVET institution and provied for Gulele sub-city TVET

office the name of the institute is Belay Zeleke TVT basic institution. I think this support has

been mitigating Ethiopian government strategic plan which addresses the accessibility of

education everywhere including the excluded one and also accession of the people of “Addisu

Gebeya Sefer” Youths, adult those of demanded special need of TVET institution.

This Week short Work Progress Report About Shiro Meda TVET Institute

I would like to acknowledge the great kindness work of South Korea (Chungbuk) World vision

Ethiopia (WVE). They work place of the NGO found around Gulele sub-city development

program office AA. The organization Undertake several activities like expanding educational

institutions, community development work and also graduates of trainees from the institution

benefiting them by purchasing machinery and tools t... Continue Reading follow the link and

read the brief notes on (slide share.net berhanu tadesse).

Concerning new TVET institution accreditation

I would like to inform you that nagging happened in the premises in Gulele Sub-City TVET

office and Woreda 3 MSE office. The quarrel was starting last week Thursday during the

visitation of AAU research team including CARDIFF UNIVERSITY Professor Alison M B visit

came in the woreda 3 office for they came for the purpose of supporting SMEs by making

research in the enterprises. After they took appointment with me they came at 9.30 pm local time

as well as Yabeyo and industry extension group came at that time came equally both and giving

orders in a domineering manner and insist me don’t go anywhere.” But first I decided to help my

guest (research team) due to this fact the boss decide allege me and conspire with my immediate

boss. I told to him I’ll come after communicating with enterprises. After communicating with the

enterprise I was back to him. He was very annoyed, the research teams and the woreda office

workers understands him very well he need to use his legal power in to illegally form of

punishment to me. After I got the enterprises the teams allow me to back to him but he was

absent and by using his legal authority to illegal punishment by using paper warning and per-

dime benefit without accountability but in other site he didn’t got other workers on the site.

August 29 at 12:25pm,

I got the recent dispute in another form since the accuse paper express that "he work without

colleagues agreement". The dispute started by means of illegal institute name "Giben technology

language and computer training has full permission " and also tagged in front of the institute and

printed and disseminated as leaflet still existed even after providing feed back. Due to the name

of the institution I did not allow to agree to offer accreditation without amending initial project

name of the institution and I did not sign on the minutes what they discussed at a meeting to

approve the accreditation. But they give permission to work as TVET institution in 02-12-06 EC.

If they do not allow to investigate the problem happened by them and regret what they create to

me try to correct the problem including cease the illegal institution. If they do not do this

correctly starting from sub-city, AACA TVET agency and anti corruption commission

respectively will work on it.

The statuses of some computer training institution have low rank in social position. Because they

do not carried out tracer study before starting the TVET after graduation of their trainees not

engaged in employment or job .compensate what the trainees pay for trainings. Current market

demand is basic clerical work/ secretarial work high job opportunity in the labour market. Most

of the government and private office have no secretaries. Hence, try to train them. This is an

advisory notes than insist or order to do accordingly.

Most of the new private TVET know where the exact place to receive the permission particularly

language courses. But they don't want to go their because of afraid of the ministry of education

standard. MoE bureau design appropriate structure starting from the top to Woreda level of

education offices are responsible to provide permission for the academic field of study. TVET

agency and office in the Sub-City have standard more than 600 occupation and responsible to

offer and accredit for what they need to set the standards. If they want to open language courses

in to journalism and other related occupation they can open it as TVET College and University

and AACA TVET Agency responsible to offer the accreditation. If not they must search the

exact place, I would like to advise for the TVET workers and investors that don't negotiate for

the purpose of opening illegally department for TVET. For farther information try to follow the

link and read the brief notes on (slide share.net berhanu tadesse).

Some computer training institutions have low rank in social acceptance. Because they do not

carry out tracer study what the labour market need. Their trainees do not engage in employment

or job after graduation this in turn aggravate unemployment. So they are not in position

compensate what the trainees pay for trainings. Current market demand is basic clerical work/

secretarial work opportunity in the labour market. Most of the government and private office

have no secretaries. Hence, try to train them. This is an advisory notes than insists or order to act

accordingly.

What I see from my penalty paper brought by my boss were absolutely pretext, state without

proof, prejudice, fallacy, out of truth, and, this indicates the reflection of their hatred. After

penalizing two days salary and resumes their accusation provide me written paper allege that

“first warning and continued in the detail part he can't perform the missions given to him" etc...

But realty they themselves are not performing their work like me based on the principle of

TVET. I think they covertly made conspire which of course is visible for every staff of us. For

sure they are attacking an innocent and hardworking guy in the institution for they failed to cope

up with him in performing their tasks. It is hard to guess what exactly they need from me. From

me one things I heard several times is that "they are almost always hesitate of my education I

don't know why they afraid?" since they have been his class mate after they quit their education,

I resumes my education. Here in our country Jealousy is a chronic problem than other. I still self

sponsored than supported by government budget. I pay my entire money for the purpose of

upgrading and capacitating me for better performing my job rather than treat to them.

I don't know why they hate me and attack eager beaver person and make the working area in

turbulent. Still I am praying for peace! I'll pray for Pease for the future!

ጉዳዩ፡- "Giben technology language and computer training has full permission "

የ ሰጠነ ውን ግብረ መልስን አስመልክቶ፡ በውሳኔው አለመስማማቴን ስለማሳወቅ

ከላይ በርእሱ ለመግለጽ እንደተሞከረው የ ማሰልጠኛ ተቋሙ ላቀረበው ፕሮፖዛልና አጠቃላይ የ ሆነ ውን

የ ስራውን ፐሮግራም በተመለከተ ሃምሊ ወር በእኔ ና በአቶ ገ /መድህን የ ተሰጣቸውን ግብረ መልስን

አስመልክቶ ከዚህ በፊት አስተካክሉ ተብለው የ ነ በረውን አስተካክለው ሳያቀርቡ እያለ (በዛሬው ዕለት

ማለትም በ/01/02/06) በአቶ ዘውዱ አማካኝነ ት ያቀረብኩትን የ ማስተካከያ ዝርዝር ነ ጥቦች ውድቅ

በማድረግ የ ቅድመ እውቅና ለማግኘት የ ሚያስችለውን ክፍያ እንዲከፍሉ የ እውቅና ፈቃዱም እንዲሰጣቸው የ ሚል

ትእዛዝ በዛሬው ዕለት ለተቋሙ እውቅና ማግኛ ሂደት ማስፈጸሚያ የ ሚውለውን ክፍያ እንዲከፍሉና እውቅናውን

ያገ ኙ ዘንድ በሚለው በዚህ ትእዛዝ ያለመስማማቴን እየ ገ ለጽኩ፤ ይህንን ሙሉ ሃሳብ በተራ ፊደል (ለ)

ስር የ ሚገ ኝው ከስር ተገ ልጿል፡ ፡

እንዲሁም የ ተቋሙን የ ፕሮጀክት ፕሮፖሳዛል ምን ምን እንደሚያስ ፈልገ ው የ መጀመሪያ ኢንፎርሚሺን

እየ ነ ገ ርኩት እያለሁ ወይም ከአምልካቹ ግለሰብ ጋር በምንወያይበት ወቅት እኔ ሳቀርብ የ ነ በሩኩትን

ነ ጥቦች ዝርዝር ያለ አግባብ በአቶ ዘውዱ ምን ታደናግረዋለህ እኒኢንፎርሚሺኑን ነ ግሪ ዋለሁ ብሎ

የ ተናገ ረኝ ሲሆን፡ ይሁንና ግን እኔ ነ ጥቦቹን በሚገ ባ ለማስተላለፍ ሞክሬያለሁ፡ ፡ (ይህም በተራ ፊደል

(ሀ) ውስጥ ከስር አቅረቤያለሁ፡ ፡

ሀ) በወቅቱምቀን-(1/02/06) ሊስተካከሉ ይገ ባል በማለት ያቀረብኳቸውን ነ ጥቦች እንደሚከተለው

በዝርዝር አቀርባለሁ፡ -

1. ቀደም ሲል ለተቋሙ /ለአመልካቹ/ የ ተሰጣቸውን ግብረ መልሶችን አስመልክቶ፡ -

1.1. Curriculumን በተመለከተ

1.1.1. በFederal Negarit Gazeta -Proclamation 391/2004- Vocational Education

of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Art. 35/1/b አዋጅ እና በአ.አ. ከተማ

ቴ/ሙ/ት/ስ ኤጅንሲ የ ተቋማት ደረጃና ብቃት ማረጋገ ጫ የ ዕውቅና እና የ ዕውቅና እድሳት አሰጣጥ

መመሪያ አንቀጽ 10/ሀ ላይ በተገ ለጸው መሰረት- ተቋሙ ለየ Computer ማሰልጠኛው የ ሚሆን

ምንም አይነ ት የ ታደሰና በአዲሱ ቴ/ሙ/ት/ስ መመሪያ መሰረት የ ተዘጋጀ Curriculum

በተገ ቢው ሁኔታ አላቀረበም፡ ፡

1.1.2. በነ ዚህ አዋጅ እና መመሪያ በተለይመ ከ38-42 ድረስ ባሉት መመሪዎች ላይ

የ ተገ ለጹትን ተንተርሶ የ አመልካቾቹ Curriculum ሲያዘጋጁ ማካተት ያለባቸውን ነ ጥቦች አስመልክቶ

ያነ ሳኋቸው ነ ጥቦች የ ሚከተሉት ናቸው:-

A. When Curriculum Design it should be prepared in the following the

procedures

- Introductory (preface part). The reformed Ethiopian TVET-

system is an outcome-based TVET system the requirements from

the world of work are analyzed and documented-taking into

account international benchmarking-as occupational standards

(OS)-quality driven TVET-Delivery. The department you want

to provide.

- The TVET-programme Design, program title, description it

include necessary knowledge, skill and attitude of the learner to

the standard required by the OS. The contents of this program are

in line with the occupational standard (OS)

- Course Description (it might include all mission/Vision/Goal or

part of them, about the Course)

- Course Objective, and Expected Outcome

- Topics (or highlights of the whole course)

- Course Code by considering ( entire TVET-program learning

Outcomes)

- Credit Hours, duration of the TVET- programme subject level for

example. I or II, version and year based on the descriptors

elaborated on the Ethiopian TVET Qualification Framework

(ETQF)

- Target Groups NO special target is assigned for the programme

any Citizen Who need to learn, according to TVET agency most

of hared skill streams suggested that “any citizen who meet the

entry requirements under this items and capable of participating

in the learning activities is entitled to take part in the programme.

- Enrollment requirements (Criteria’s) which receive their

students. The programme requirements or directives of the

ministry of Education. Other requirements,

Ability to speak, read and understand English

Computer literate.

Have completed 10th

grade general education

Physically mentally healthy

Good moral character

-Mode of delivery the characteristic undertake as formal programme and informal ones. The

formal programme on middle level technical skills, the session should be offered by considering

80 present of practical training particularly short term training works in the institutions. The mode

of delivery is co-operative training. The TVET-institution and identified companies have steadily

an agreement to co-operate with regarded to implementation of this programme. The time spent

by the trainees in the industry will give the enough exposure to the actual world of work and

enable them to get hands-on experience. The co-operative approach will be supported with

lecture-discussion, simulation and actual practice. These modalities will be utilized before the

trainees are exposed to the industry environment. Organization of in-company training will be

either/ both industry attachment or apprenticeship. The 100 hours of the programme duration will

be spent in company training and it will only start after the learner successfully completed all the

modules in this programme.

- Detailed Session/Lesson/ Plan and annual plan including

teaching methods by considering 80 present of practical session

i.e.

- TVET-programme structure it should be planed by using tables

it includes unit of competence, module code and title. Learning

outcomes and hours the title takes

- Institutional Assessments

(Unit of Competency, Occupational Standards) evaluation should be project based; practical,

theoretical etc…the amount of mark should be mentioned. The specific learning outcomes are

stated in the modules. In assessing them, verifiable and observable indicators and standards shall

be used. Two types of evaluation will be used in determining the extend to which learning

outcomes are achieved... The formative assessment is incorporated in the learning modules and

form part of the learning process. Formative evaluation provides the trainee with feedback

regarding success or failure in attaining learning outcomes.

Summative Evaluation the other form of evaluation is given when all the modules in the unit of

competence have been accomplished. It determines the extent to which competence have been

achieved. And, the result of this assessment decision shall be expressed in the term ‘competent or

not yet competent. The techniques or tools for obtaining information about trainees’ achievement

included oral or written test, demonstration and on-site observation.

- TVET trainers/facilitator’s profile, For this particular TVET

programme and especially for the main modules,

trainers/facilitators are expected to have 1st Degree .it included

the trainers conducting this particular TVET programme are at

least “C” level and have satisfactory practical experiences or

equivalent qualifications.

Other requirements

Have attended relevant training and seminars

She/he should take center of competency CoC

accreditation certification

Must have completed trainers methodology

course….

Must have at least 1 year industry experience

- Learning modules

- Resources & Materials requirement (including Library, TTLM,

textbooks & references books) should be stated, and other class

related activities (eg. lab, workshop, field trips/works/… should

be clearly mentioned)… Acknowledgement, annex….

- And other related issues…

1.2. የ ቀረበውን ፕሮጀክት በተመለከተ

1.2.1. በቀረበው Proposal ውስጥ የ ተካተተው የ language main course provision is irrelevant to

TVET, (which they are still conducting the language training in their existing Institution

currently, without the official accreditation for the course. And, in addition to that they

have presented the “Language” as a main course in their proposal now (as the Title-

Geben Language and Computer Training Institution, is written).

1.2.2. But, since the government proclamation Art. 391/2004/ section 3/ no-18,

stated that- Language should be provided as a rather Common Course. ስለሆነ ም በዚህ

አብይ ጉዳይ ላይ ያለመስማማቴንና እና የ ፈቃድ ጥያቄው TVET ላይ ብቻ ያተኮረ መሆን

እንዳለበት ምላሼን በሚገ ባ አሳውቄያለሁ፡ ፡

1.2.3. በኤጀንሲያችን መመሪያ አንቀጽ 9/ሰ የ ተመለከተውን አይነ ት -የ ማሰልጠኛ ተቋሙ

አካዳሚዊና አስተዳደራዊ ስራዎች የ ሚከናወንበት የ አመራር አደረጃጀት የ ሚያስረዳ መተዳደሪያ ሰነ ድ

(legislation), አላቀረቡም፡ ፡

1.2.4. በቤ/መጻህፍቱ የ እንዳንዱ የ ተለያዩ የሙያ መምህራን የ ማስተማሪያ ሞጁልስ/ እና

አጋዥ ማትሪያልስ (TTLM), ያለመኖሩና በቂ ላይብራሪም የ ላቸውም፡ ፡

1.2.5. Cooperative Training (አንቀጽ 10/ረ) Partners should be pre-planned, and a

mutually signed “Memorandum of Understanding” with them, had to be prepared, but,

this was not presented. Apprenticeship cooperative training with your partner should be

maintain before starting your work፣ practical memorandum of understanding signature

with organization should be pre-planned but not yet prepared

1.2.6. በኤጀንሲያችን የ እውቅናና የ እድሳት መመሪያ አንቀጽ 9/በ፣ ላይ እንደተጠቀሰው

የ ስልጠና መሳሪዎችና ግብአቶችን አስመልክቶ ዝርዝሩን በፕሮጅክታቸው ውስጥ አሟልተው እንዲያቀርቡ

በተነ ገ ራቸው መሰረት አሟልተው አላቀረቡም፡ ፡

1.2.7. የ ቅበላ አቅምና የ ስልጠናው የ ቆይታ ጊዜ በዝርዝር አልቀረበም፡ ፡

1.2.8. General Problems related to the project format and formalities:-

- Preliminary section it includes cover pages, table of

contents, since the delivery of informal, level I and level II

(formal) are TVET the person also at this level expected to

performs routine and predictable tasks involving little

latitude for judgment (it must be engaged in production). But

the name of the institution is incompatible to that of the

TVET agency standards.

- Executive summary/Abstract not clearly presented

Description of the venture (an undertaking risk.)

Industry analysis

Development and production

Marketing plan

Institutional and financial plan

- Clear Description of the institution Mission statement, Vision,

Objective and Goals, institutional equipment are not included.

Background of entrepreneurs also not presented.

- Socio –Economic impact and Outcomes (estimations), are not

specified. (including additional involvement/contributions/ in

community development activities, were not proposed- if any)

- Feasibility, Market, Cost benefit analysis studies were not clearly

and satisfactorily included, as Budget break down is not

presented, while funding sources or partners were not clarified (if

any) where some of them not mentioned at all.

- Limitation, Risks and risk management mechanisms should be

proposed.

- Board, Management Structure and team background, authority

and job description &responsibility, with their respective benefits

&remuneration of each section (if possible with table) is not

included. Human resource management strategy is not

mentioned.

- Financial plan, financial statements, financial resources, financial

strategy, Auditing, Taxation, and follow up reporting days, and

responsible body for such activities should be stated.

- Assessment of risk and contingencies, if failure to join

cooperative training services promised, unforeseen events, new

technologies, contingency plan is not mentioning it.

- Scheduling and milestone ( a stone showing the distance to a

particular place or an object or feature easily seen from a

distance)

- Appendixes, it includes letters, market research, price list from

different suppliers, and lease of contracts…

- Totally from project initiation up to phase out not yet prepared

very well

1.3. የ Project Implementation ንን አስመልክቶ ከወዲሁ ሊዘጋጁ ይገ ባቸው የ ነ በሩ

ነ ገ ሮችን በተመለከተ፡ -

1.3.1. Each trainer’s daily/or detailed annual/ Session plan with Unit of Competency &

Occupational Standard and other related issues included, were not satisfactorily stated/

presented.

1.3.2. In addition to that, the institution’s workshop machineries’ are not fully

functional, mentioned yet.

1.4. But, nevertheless, I’m not saying that the institution has rejected all our points to them,

for one of the amendments they have made is that they have accepted our comment - on

their Lab found in proximity to the outside main road, which, creates disturbance and

sound pollution for the trainees, and they have now changed its location away from the

road and is close to the staff offices and class rooms areas now, which we appreciated

them for their quick action on that specific correction alone, too, but, the lab still doesn’t

function, as I mentioned in 1.3.2. Section.

1.5. Conclusion:-

Totally, from my assessment, the project fails to meet most of the crucial and

basic requirements, for a sound project proposal after correcting his proposal buck

to the privies one, starting from the initiation part up to its end section, over all the

same not changed at all.

And, I recommend that, the proposal and all related Programs should

be re-done, considering addressing all the above

mentioned, & (ለተቋሙ /ለአመልካቹ/ የ ተሰጣቸውን ግብረ መልሶችን)

initially, thoroughly and diligently. In order to be a

qualified applicant for the accreditation. (And, I hope, they will abide with all the

expected requirements and rules of our office).

Regarding the Giben Engineering Language and Computer and Training Institution provision of

accreditation since I still don’t agree on the decision given by Ato Zewedu Kebede, in the date of

02/12/06 to Giben. My decision at that time until it meets the Agency’s rules and regulations and

the proclamations concerning validity of TVET institution. Therefore, I respectfully request, that,

the Institution should not get the accreditation, at this point now, and should take the critics given

and should make the amendments and apply again, then. At this time the institution got

accreditation without my conformation.

ለ) What I had been facing during my duty, (especially concerning, this particular proposal, and

my assessment, quality audit, and challenges on the proposal, to the institution), are as follows:-

1. Concerning working issues & responsibilities:-

a) Though, is a “Quality Audit Inspection” now,, though its known that the accreditation giving

process seek transparency and accountability, but, there are some unclear work processes which

I’ve observed under his work, such as: - a) there is no recorded on my approval “Minute”

documentation for the “Quality Audit officers” by using only check list, who are sent for an

official field inspection (to the institutes).

Ato Zewedu Kebede doesn’t seem logical and well thought to me, as for example, it’s assumed

to be given a responsibility to Ato. Zewdu Kebede team field visit, which, he does it without pre-

planned schedule, set standard, with his own decision only, and even not take my ideas about the

task as well. In addition to that, he doesn’t share some work and applicant’s related information

entirely to me too, and also don’t seem to be interested that much to work as a team with me, too.

2. About my efforts- to mitigate anticipated problems, on the work:-

2.1. Despite, I tried to create a team work, and sharing resources for the

betterment of our activities (such as:- sharing the Agency’s guide lines

to my colleagues, and secondly- by preparing work related issues by

myself i.e. manuals and project plans preparation and quality audit,

and lists of TVET departments and government asserted job market

demand and supply and all sector occupation lists and other

information and document, which I prepared by myself, and willfully

sharing it with them, as much as I can, and I will keep contributing all

I can to share all I have for any one, who asked me , still, too. Yet, like

I mentioned above, the two colleagues (I mentioned their names

above) have been trying to tackle my challenge on the proposal, by

telling me to shorten my points (mentioned above). Creating, a

problem for our office to achieve its goal of maintaining a good quality

TVET institution, in our sub-city.

3. In addition to Ato Zewdu Kebede and w/ro Enatethun also similarly tried to

hinder me from forwarding my proposal critics points to the applicants, by

telling me to shorten it again, yet, I proceeded to make my points as much as I

can then too.

4. In addition to my oral presentations, while I also gave a written lists of the

points to the applicant, and also if any person want to open TVET institute

they can get me but, then, they, stopped him and told him to return it to me,

(which, hurts my feeling, besides, its broader problem for the country’s

development endeavors, by creating quality educational system in both

government and private institutions, following government policies and

legislations…)

5. And, right after that, they told him to just go ahead and pay for the

accreditation formalities (on 02/12/2006), while, I still disagree on the validity

of the proposal and accreditation.

6. Conclusion-

a) Therefore, since all I said above and other related problems are creating

obstacles for me to do my task carefully and seriously, and I wanted to

speak that out, to the relevant upper body, this way now.

b) Secondly, regarding the Giben Computer and Language Training

Institution proposal, since I still don’t agree on the decision given by Ato

Zewdu Kebede, about the proceeding of the project with accreditation,

until it meets the Agency’s rules and regulations and the proclamations

concerning validity of TVET institution. Therefore, I respectfully request,

that, the Institution should not get the accreditation, at this point now, and

should take the critics given and should make the amendments and apply

again, then.

c) Finally, I recommend that, the TVET agency and all related bodies

concerning TVET, may give consistent trainings on Capacity Building on

this work’s issues, Team Work spirit, and rule of law, and similar issues as

fast as possible, and also capacitating us/the office/ to be able to train the

institutions, which are functioning already and applying for the future as

well.

Respectfully yours!

Berhanu Tadesse.

Institutional Quality Audit Expert.

C/co: ጉ/ክ/ከ/ቴ/ሙ/ጽ/ቤት ሃላፊ አ.አ

C/co: Quality Audit expert.

C/co: Outcome based coordinator and Institutional Quality Assurance main work Process