Creating Internships in the Absence of the Private Sector
- The differentiation of the higher education sector in Ethiopia has created a new sector of Higher Education Institutions: Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS). Its focus is on educating academically trained experts for regional industries. Close cooperation between industries and UAS is set as a key requirement. However, Ethiopian industries in many regions are not developed enough that those could be considered as active partners for UASs and able to accommodate interns or to provide expert teachers to UAS classes. European UAS structures serve as benchmarks for the Ethiopian Ministry of Education (MoE). Therefore, UAS curricula of study programmes in building-construction, electro-engineering and economic/business/tourism from different European countries build a common ground for Ethiopian UASs. But, due to the lack of industries in the regions, Ethiopian UAS are not able to mirror the European counterparts, where study programmes at bachelor level comprise 70 credits out or 210 credits as practical works, internships and bachelor thesis. - The question is, how can Ethiopian UASs in the absence of companies offer practice-oriented education in their study programmes? This paper refers to the ongoing research, on how to integrate UAS (academic and non-academic) departments at UAS campuses to create internship placements for students in the absence of internship placements in the private sector. Kotebe University of Education (KUE) - as one of the newly founded UAS in Ethiopia - has agreed to act as subject of this try-out.
Document Type: | Conference Object |
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Language: | English |
Author: | Margareth Gfrerer, Ephrem Tekle Yacob, Efa Gobena, Afework Getachew, Biruktawit Megersa |
Parent Title (English): | Bode, Umuerri (Eds.): Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa – Conference Proceedings 2022 |
Number of pages: | 12 |
First Page: | 157 |
Last Page: | 168 |
ISBN: | 978-3-96043-104-6 |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-73738 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.18418/978-3-96043-104-6_157 |
Publishing Institution: | Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg |
Date of first publication: | 2023/06/29 |
Keyword: | in-campus internships; internships; university of applied sciences |
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC): | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 65 Management, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit / 650 Management und unterstützende Tätigkeiten |
Conference volumes: | Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa / Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa, Sankt Augustin, Germany, 8 - 9 September 2022 |
Entry in this database: | 2023/06/29 |
Licence (Multiple languages): | In Copyright (Urheberrechtsschutz) |