Program Profile 
Bachelor   of Art (BA)  Degree in Educational Planning and Management                                                                                                                      

               Program Summary 

  • Name of the Program: Educational Planning and Management 
  • Name of the Degree to be awarded: Bachelor of Art in Educational Planning and Management ‘የአርት ባችለር ዲግሪ በትምህርት እቅድ እና ሥራ አመራር’ 
  • Degree to be awarded by Bahir Dar University, Subjected to the Approval of the Senate 
  • Standard Period of Study: 4 Years (8 Semesters) 
  • Commencement of the Program: 2013 E.C. / 2020/21 G.C. 
  • Fees / Charges, Cost-sharing modality 
  • Medium of Instruction: English 

    Program objectives 

The specific objectives of the Bachelor of Art Degree in Educational Planning and Management are designed to produce educational planners and managers who: 

  • Are well informed of the national and regional educational policies and laws, thereby assume leadership positions and responsibilities 
  • Manage and utilize educational resources effectively and efficiently 
  • Can initiate educational changes, innovations and developments by addressing local and regional needs and realities 
  • Can mobilize and involve the local communities and thereby strengthen the school and community relationship
  •  Are capable of solving educational problems by applying skills of educational research 
  • Can lead educational organizations towards the realization of organizational vision and mission.
  • Effectively carryout instructional leadership Can effectively use ICT in the planning, managing, and leading educational institutions 
  • Can use ICT in planning, monitoring, evaluation and research engagements Integrate EMIS Initiate human resources development and management 

           Graduate profile 

Graduates of Educational Planning and Management program will have the following competencies: 

  • Understand and apply constitutional provisions, educational policies and strategies and related legislations in the management of education 
  • Develop and effectively implement educational policies and programs (e.g., SIP, CPD, ICT, etc.) introduced by the Ministry of Education, MOSHE, regional education bureau and local government 
  • Apply different management functions and skills pertinent to the organizational and environmental context and ensure organizational success 
  • Applying educational leadership that fits to situational and organizational realities or that enables organizations be transformed 
  • Develop strategies that promote community participation in the management of education Integrate and effectively manage technology use in education and in the management of education 
  • Apply effective instructional leadership and enhance the achievement of students Provide professional support to teachers in the areas of instruction, curriculum development and professional development in order to improve the success of students  Supervise educational institutions 
  • Effectively and efficiently manage the physical, material, financial, information resources for successful accomplishment of organizational goals. 

  Contact person

 Getu Shiferaw (Ph.D),

 Head, Department of EDPM 

getu.shiferaw@bdu.edu.et

+251911934114