Vision, Mission, Values, and Goals
Vision
The
vision of the government is to achieve an education and training system which
assures quality and equity education that aims at producing competent citizens.
In line with this, the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies is to
be a center of academic excellence in various fields of Geography and
Environmental Studies through innovative teaching of recent perspective of
Geography and enhance awareness of the earth as a living planet with reference
to man-environment interaction and resulting physical and human phenomena and
their spatial variation amongst students of the discipline and allied sciences.
The
missions of the programs are:
v Implementation
of the New Education and training Policy of the Country which demands
academically qualified professional for the undergraduate educational program.
v Producing
academically qualified experts who can work research and community based
activity on geographically diverse areas of the country.
v Expanding
the geographic research horizons and to effectively integrate it with the
national planning and development;
v Implementation
of Ethiopia’s short and long socio-economic development plans by producing the
necessary skilled manpower in both quality and quantity for the country’s
development.
Values
The
programs have the following values:
v Excellence
in Education: Offer a rigorous, high-quality education & make a continuous
and concerted effort to develop its academic & research programs to the
center of excellence.
v Quality:
Exert a continuous effort to deliver highest standard academic and community
services.
v Student
Success – Place learner needs at the center of our academic service programs
v Diversity
– Achieve multicultural understanding as a priority of educational and civic
life
v Integrity
– Operate with fairness, honesty, and the highest ethical standards to sustain
a student and community of trust in its academic and public services.
v Relevance:
Give a considerable attention to make sure that all academic and research
activities are oriented to meet the needs of all stakeholders in particular &
development of the society in general.
v Innovation:
Strives to advance innovativeness among the academic community and students.
v Democracy
and transparency: Promotes principles of democratic values and transparency in
its academic and administrative systems.
v Academic
freedom: programs adheres to principles of academic freedom in an effort to
advance academic wisdom and create an environment for free discussion and
dissemination of ideas and research findings.
v Participatory:
the programs encourage and create a system for the active involvement of all
stakeholders in all its undertakings and decision-makings.
v Equity: the programs promotes; affirmative
action to encourage female participation both students and staff. social
inclusiveness to disabled students, staff and community members social justice
to initially disadvantaged regions and ethnic groups
v Accountability: The program promotes accountability
at individual and institutional levels with full answerability to the public
and the University community