Academic Programmes Directorate

I would like to say welcome to our university website. The Academic Program and Staff Development Directorate (APSDD) is dedicated to supporting staff development and delivering pertinent program that are in line with the university's center of excellence. The APSD is dedicated to upholding high standards and works to guarantee the availability of a relevant and high-quality educational program.

To provide high-quality education to everyone in our catchment, the office encourages teamwork among scholars. The directorate carries out its role in providing high-quality education by revising the curriculum in accordance with the university's center of excellence. This could help us to generate capable, skilled, and responsible citizens who can support regional and national development plans.

Moreover, the directorate oversees formulating standards, evaluating educational activities, carrying out program assessments, supporting the curriculum development of academic programs, formulating guidelines for staff development, and thereby overseeing the execution of the aforementioned academic duties. In addition to managing staff assignments, developing policies for staff welfare, data management, facilitating staff training and workshops, and ensuring the academic program's compliance with Ministry of Education and university regulations. 

APSDD has the following key roles:

·  Undertaking planned and systematic central and higher-level design and review of academic programs to determine whether an acceptable standard of education is being maintained.

·    Support and promote practices related to program-level curriculum design and review for improvement and appropriateness in keeping up with the demands of stakeholders.

·     Develop institutional policies, procedures, and programs with respect to staff development that shall assist the academic staff to meet the institutional needs within the framework of the university senate legislation.

·     Follow up, monitoring, evaluating, and implementing staff development guidelines to ensure fair scholarship opportunities for academic staff.

·     Recruiting competent academic staff as per the guidelines of the MoE.

Dikaso Unbushe (PhD)

Academic Programmes Directorate Director

Email: dikaso.unbushe1@wsu.edu.et / unbusheg@gmail.com 

Phone: +251 911 75 23 16