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Bachelor of Science in Rural Development

Code: RDEV Undergraduate

Program Description

Agricultural extension and advisory services have shown significant and positive effects on knowledge, skills, income levels, technology adoption, crop and livestock yield, and productivity. Agricultural Development Lead Industrialization (ADLI) as major policy framework forms its base on food security and poverty reduction strategies where the demand for skilled manpower is very critical in implementing the strategy. Implementation of these key government strategies takes place through the subsequent Five-year Development Plans. These have included: Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Program (SDPRP) 2001-2005, Plan for the Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty (PASDEP) 2006 to 2010, Growth and Transformation Plan I and II (GTP I, 2010- 2015; GTP II 2016- 2020) and the current Ten Years Strategic Plan. In all these strategies, the government set priority areas as agriculture and rural development and capacity building. In this regard, Ethiopian higher education institutions have been playing a key role in training such professionals in agriculture and rural development.

Admission Requirements

Applicants for admission to the Bachelor of Science degree in Rural Development program must satisfy any of the following criteria:
 A successful completion of grade 12 with minimum University Entrance Examinations result set for admission, by the Ministry of Education, for the entry year.
 Completion of Diploma program (12+2 and 10+3), Level 4 TVET Program with Occupational Competency Assessment (COC) Certification, and pass the College’s entrance examination.
 A degree program student from other accredited Higher Education Institutions with legal withdrawal beyond disciplinary breach, and/or transferred increase of institutional preference or field choice.
 A first-degree graduate in any field of study from accredited Higher Education Institutions.
 In case of high competition for admission, grade point average at graduation, additional training taken after graduation, service year, gender and supporting letter from respective employers, and result from entrance examination of the college will be considered as separation criteria.
 For international students anyone who wishes to join the BA program in Accounting and Finance is required to meet the entry requirements of higher institutions stated by Ministry of Education and Education and Training Authority.

Accreditation

M.A College has been given the license and renewal of license to provide higher education in Rural Development program at undergraduate level in Distance mode of delivery at Assosa campus.
Duration:

4 Years

Total Credits:

147 Credits

Department:

Rural Development

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