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In September 2004, PESC Information Systems College has officially launched its
degree program in Information Systems and pioneered virtual education in information
Systems in Ethiopia. The College has gained pre-accreditation in the same year from
the Ministry of Education of the Federal Government of Ethiopia for this 4-year
Bachelor of Science Degree program.
PESC Information Systems College also began to offer programs in the fields of Information
Technology, Accounting, Marketing and Salesmanship, and Secretarial science and
office management leading to Certificate level I (10+1), Certificate level II (10+2)
and Diploma (10+3) lasing 1,2 and 3 years respectively. All these programs are based
on the curriculum of Technical Education and Vocational Training (TVET) and accredited
by different regional educational bureaus.
Currently, the College has one central campus located at Hayahulet Mazoriya in Addis
Ababa and 6 branch satellite campuses situated in different regions of the country
i.e. Jijiga, Tigray, Harer, Assela, Dessie and Addis Ababa at Wolosefer. Each center
has adequate number of computers that are fully networked for the purpose of students'
use as computer Labs.
All programs offered by the College operate under Department of Information Science,
and a TVET program Unit having 4 departments: Information Technology Department,
Accounting Department, Department of Marketing and Salesmanship, and Department
of Secretarial Science and Office management.
The College has also a Networking and Technical unit consisting of IT technicians
and professional cameramen who are fully responsible for the technical aspects of
teaching material development by the College and the proper delivery of the material
to each campus as well as to students' through computer networking. The overall
activities of the branch campuses are coordinated and directed by an Outstation
Management unit.
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