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March
2002 -
Volume 1, Issue 2
HilCoE
College Inaugurates its Second Batch of Graduates
HilCoE , the
first IT College in Ethiopia, graduated a total of 101 students
on February 2002 for the second time since its establishment in
1998. The College has been offering courses for postgraduate diploma
in computer science and diploma in the former and Management Information
Systems (MIS) in its night and regular day classes respectively.
The admission requirement for the postgraduate study is possession
of a 1st degree and above while an ESLCE result of 2.0 would make
prospective candidates eligible to register for the day classes.
According to
Ato Nasser Dino, the Director of the College, the students were
greatly encouraged to participate in seminars, discussion groups,
project administration and internship to further deepen their knowledge
of the various IT courses offered to them . According to the Director,
"one of the unique nature of the College is that the students
are motivated to undertake several projects that provide them the
opportunity to deal with practical problems of real life within
private business, public enterprises, government institutions and
non-governmental organizations."
The Director
further emphasized the fact that the College's major concern has
not been "reaping immediate return on its huge investment,
but to supply the labour market by producing highly trained and
all round ICT professionals through academic excellence and conventional
ethics." He also recalled that the contribution that the College
made to train instructors from other similar colleges was something
that should be commended.
He admitted
that the College had been able to graduate students who could take
up professional assignments to work as "programmers, network
administrators, database designers, web developers and systems analysts."
The Director disclosed that 65% of the graduates who attended the
postgraduate programme were employees and the rest could easily
be absorbed in the labour market including international organizations
at home and abroad. He recounted that some students were even able
to secure jobs before graduation.
ICT Focus congratulates
the graduates and wishes them every success in their professional
endeavours.
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