Addis Ababa, July 29, 2008 (Addis Ababa) - The Ministry of Education and the University of South Africa (UNISA) on Wednesday signed agreement that will enable the latter to launch PhD programs through videoconferencing. Education Minister Dr. Sintayehu Woldemicheal and UNISA Vice Chancellor NB Pipyana signed the agreement.
As per the agreement, UNISA will be able to offer PhD courses in technology sciences, business and economics, among others fields.
The program aims to train over 4,000 Ethiopians over a five year period. Training of the first batch of students will commence as of this coming academic year.
The ministry said it envisages training or getting trained 10,000 and 2,000 teachers in Masters and in PhD respectively at higher learning institutes locally or through distance education.
It is to be recalled that a week earlier, the ministry had signed an agreement with two Indian higher learning institutions.
UNISA is a distance education university, with headquarters in Pretoria and South Africa. With approximately 200,000 enrolled students, it qualifies as one of the World's mega universities.
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