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Kombolcha Polytechnic College

Strategic Investment Plan For Automotive Technology Regional Flagship TVET Institute Kombolcha Polytechnic College Ethiopia

Content Layout Overview of The College Mission Of The Regional Flagship TVET Institute Vision Of The Regional Flagship TVET Institute Existing Situation of Automotive Technology Department Overall Objective of The Project Program plan to be developed under ESTRIP Beneficiaries Strategic Investment Plan (SIP)

Core Project Team List Project Team Management No Name Role Experience Qualification 1 Melaku Aragaw College Dean 30 Years MA 2 Solomon Negash OBT vice Dean 25 Years MSc 3 Ermias Getnet TeCAT Vice Dean 10 Years 4 Jemal Mohammed Finance Team Leader BA 5 Reiyot Fantaw Human Resource Team Leader 13 Years 6 Tesfaye H/Mariam Satellite Campus Coordinator 19 Years

Center Head & Team leader Project Technical Team & Project Support Team No Name Role Experience Qualification 1 Ermias Getnet Center Head & Team leader 10 Years MSc 2 Tesfaye H/Mariam Vice Team Leader 19 years 3 Awot Mengistu Team Member 4 Ambachew G/egziabher 11 years BSc 5 Abel Dagne 2 Years

Institute Governance and Management

Overview of The College Kombolcha Polytechnic College is established in 2001 With One Campus. But now, it has Three Campuses & Provides formal and Non –formal training. Besides The TVET Training Program The College is Providing a BSC degree Program Training For TVET Trainers in 4 Different Departments. The College is Certified in ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management.

Currently The College is providing training on Industrial Sector, Economic Infrastructure, Construction, Hotel & Hospitality and Agricultural Sectors. Among the Economic Infrastructure sectors Automotive technology is the one which is still highly demanded by the industries, MSEs’ and also by private and government owned garages.

Automotive Technology Department by now totally has 15 teachers in different level of qualification, of which 3 are master’s degree, 6 Bachelor’s degrees and the rest are level 5 Certified. For the most recently completed academic year, the total number of students enrolled in the department is 628, of which 544 students are graduated.

Kombolcha Polytechnic College provides formal training from level 1 to 5 in Automotive technology, and also provide non formal (short term) training. Kombolcha PC now is the best automotive talents training center. The table below shows the consolidated basic information of the college;

Qualification Levels in regular and extension program Basic Information of Center (Automotive Technology) Entry year Qualification Levels in regular and extension program Grand Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Male Female Total 2017/18 - 102 9 111 202 14 216 204 32 236 65 1 66 529 2016/17 154 10 164 71 6 77 194 4 198 31 8 39 478 2015/16 174 3 177 12 13 119 120 310 2014/15 168 171 304 2013/14 67 128 132 37 5 42 18 22 263 726 29 655 334 27 361 636 38 674 114 127 1884

KEY DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES: Lack of budget for construction of workshops, smart class rooms and digital library buildings. Lack of skilled manpower in operating and using new technologies (e.g. electronic controlled diesel and gasoline vehicles, testing machines and equipment ) Shortage of modern machineries, equipment and tools for Center of Excellence.

Institute Governance and Management Ownership ----- Government Board, advisory bodies As per “Amhara National Regional state ” proclamation 98/2012 part three No. 8, the board member of Kombolcha polytechnic college comprises Mayor of Kombolcha city administration, Technical, Vocational and Enterprises development office head, Community participation office head, Investment and Municipality service head, Kallu woreda administrator, Kallu woreda Technical, Vocational and Enterprises development office head, Kombolcha steel product Industry manager, president of Chamber of commerce and the college dean. All the colleges’plans have to be approved and endorsed by the board

Existing Situation Of Automotive Technology Department It has More Than 529 Trainees Both In Regular & Extension Training Program There are 2 batches & 3 Sections in Automotive Technology Department In Degree Program. There is Vehicle Maintenance Garage; also the Garage Serves a Cooperative training Center for the Trainees.

Automotive Workshop -1

Inner Section of Workshop -1

Automotive Workshop - 2

Tool Room at Workshop

Inner Section of Workshop - 2

Some of Technologies

Some of the Technologies

Training Purpose car

Level – 3 Model Garage

Trainees at Cooperative Training in the Garage

Vision Kombolcha Polytechnic College Automotive Technology Center of Excellence becomes the cradle of Automotive technicians in Ethiopia and East Africa. Mission To produce high-level and high-quality Automotive mechanics/Technicians.

Overall objective To turn Kombolcha polytechnic college into the largest training base for training Automotive technology talents in East Africa, and produce skilled technicians to the East Africa, and become the benchmark of TVET institutions in Ethiopia.

Programs develop and revised under EASTRIP and industry demanded the programs

Beneficiaries The Beneficiaries of This Project are As Center Level Students Who Will Have get Training in Automotive Technology Sector Automotive Trainers The Center It Self The Academic Staff of Kombolcha PC

As Enterprises & Organizations Level As Non-Project TVET Institutes Level Cluster Colleges of Automotive Technology Trainees, Trainers & Department TVET Institutes in National & Regional Area As Enterprises & Organizations Level Micro & Small Enterprises which are working Related to Vehicles Garages Working on Vehicle Maintenance

Vehicle Assembly Companies Vehicle Dealers Vehicle Spare Part Shops Vehicle Decorative Shops The Community

Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) The SIP Has Implementation Plan Based on Each components & Subcomponents Detail Plan at each year & Month Procurement Plan Staff Development Plan Results Frame Work at Center Level Distributed Linked Indicators at center Level Strategic Investment Plan.xlsx kpc overview.mp4

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