The university started providing training on management for female teachers
Department of Multidisciplinary Affairs together with the Training Directorate, BDU, started providing a two-week hands on management training to more than 40 female teachers at the Wisdom Training Hall.
The president of the university, Dr. Firew Tegegne, in the opening program of the training said that in addition to the excellent work on teaching, research and community service, the university made remarkable achievements in campus beauty, technology transfer, collaborative engagements with international institutions, hosting international workshops such as the Tana Forum, and playing major role in the process of registering Bahir Dar City as ‘Education City’ by UNESCO.
In addition, he explained to the trainees the future focus of the university. Also, the president mentioned that university’s previous effort to bring women into leadership has laid the foundation for the emergence of female leaders who will lead not only the institution but also the region and the country, and urged the trainees to attend the training properly.
Dr. Mulugojjam Wondifraw, the Executive Director of Multi-disciplinary Affairs at Bahir Dar University and the coordinator of the training, He said that about forty female teachers of the university will receive hands on management training. She added if the leadership capacity of women is supported by training, it will give them an opportunity to serve their families, institutions and communities in a better way. The trainees on their part expressed their belief that the training will motivate them to use their leadership potential and put it into practice.
The training will be given to forty female teachers for two consecutive weeks. This same training was delivered to female teachers at the university in 2019 many of whom are in different administrative positions currently.
