Mission:
- Producing competent graduates in diverse fields of Study,
- Undertaking problem-solving researches, and,
- Providing demand-driven community service,
- Expanding access of CDEP to reach to the community.
Vision:
- AkU CDEP Directorate envisions to be one of the leading CDE provider universities in Ethiopia; and to be the centre of excellence in teaching and learning, research, and community service provision in Ethiopia by producing internationally competent graduates by 2020 E.C
Values:
CDEP Directorate office of AKU has the following Values:
- Quality Education for All,
- Education at Any Time,
- Education Anywhere ,
- Lifelong Learning and Lifelong Education,
- Practical Education,
- Transparency,
- Accountability:
- Rule of Law,
- Community Service,
- Institutional thinking,
- Commitment,
- Readiness for change,
- Professionalism,
- Collaborative spirit,
- Fostering creativity/innovation.
- The Role of Continuing and Distance Education Program Directorate (CDEPD) of Aksum University:
- Coordinating the teaching-learning process of CDEPs,
- Assessing the proper implementation of the CDEPs across all academic units, and
- Coordinating academic units in launching of new programs with high demand.
- Producing competent graduates,
- Expanding access to quality educational opportunities and increasing students’ intake capacity,
- Working to have increased competent academic staffs with MSc/MA and PhD.
- Producing human resources required for leadership, and professional positions.
- Pointing out socio-economic problems, solving societal problems to ensure economic growth and sustainable human development through research.
- Improving and Ensuring educational facilities of Satellite stations
- Opening of additional satellite stations for undergraduate and graduate programs.
- Working with the QA directorate to make sure whether the courses offered in the CEP are in accordance with academic standards set forthe regular full-time-day program,
- Supervising the process of appointment of instructors for CEP,
- Handling files, statistics and records related to CDE activities and to students.
- Implementing the evaluation system to CEP instructors to identify:
- Areas of weaknesses,
- causes of delay, and,
- Causes for the dissatisfaction of both students and teachers and implement the solutions in consultation with the management bodies.
- Striving to find and implement new ways to accomplish the works of CEP, advocate for changes to enhance the working environment, and take corrective measures for problems during implementation of the plan.
- Sources of CDEP projects:
- Prior research findings of staff,
- Need assessment, and,
- Demands from country, institutions, universities, community, etc
- Modalities for the provision ofCDEPs:
- Week end,
- Evening,
- Summer or Kiremt,
- Distance or Satellite Stations
- Benefits of CDEP:
- Offers educational opportunity to people in their work places.
- Increases personal development.
- Makes a career transition, and.
- Increases chances for promotion.
- Structure of Continuing and Distance Education Program Directorate of AKU: