Andinet International College had a very impressive and colorful research conference at Yod Abyssinia Hotel on August 20, 2022.
AIC organized its 4th Annual Research Conference on the general theme Quality Education for Graduate Employability which is the question of our era.
Very senior scholars participated and shared their experiences and views pertaining to the day’s research theme through the keynote speech and panel discussion they conducted. For instance, Dr. Arega Yirdaw, President of Unity University, gave a lifetime lesson concerning the theme of the Conference in particular and quality education at higher learning in general.
He emphasized the stakeholders for high quality or poor quality of education are the government, particularly MoE and ETA, private higher education institutions, the people at large (the community), parents or guardians, students, and employers.
Similarly, Dr. Wondwossen Tamrat, President of St Mary’s University, leading the panel discussion, stressed that the main reasons for unemployment are population growth and limited job creation, the changing nature of employment, rapid proliferation of university graduates, skill shortage and the mismatch of skills. He also spoke of the varied and weak conceptualization of graduate employability. The panelist pointed out that there are responsible parties for graduate employability. For example, the higher education institutions need systematic and active engagement in the issue. Employers and higher education institutions need cooperation rather than criticizing each other.
Guests from relevant government organizations like the Ministry Labour and skills participated and contributed to the productivity of the 4th Annual Research Conference.
The conference had wide range of media coverage by reporters from more than five broadcasting corporations and press which was being transmitted soon.
It was a very successful event!