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By MERGA YONAS Students graduating in the year 2008-2009 from all governmental higher learning institutions have been prohibited from collecting their academic credentials including the student copy until they find jobs which enable them to refund the cost sharing expenses utilized at the universities.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) announced early in the beginning of academic year that students graduating this year could no longer obtain their student copy, instead their Cumulative Grade Points Average (CGPA) would be shown on their temporary degrees.
“Students pledged to pay back the expenses for any of the services they consumed either in the form of cash or recourses. However this has never been effective from the way it had been projected,” Derese Kitila public relation officer at Ministry of Education told Fortune. “But with this new scheme the government might be able to raise back those expenses and handle human resources going abroad.”
Since 2004-2005, the Ministry has passed a directive pertaining to those students who demand any advanced studies. These students have the right to use  tuition, food and dormitory services sharing the cost with the government.
The transcripts provide a breakdown of courses taken by the students incorporated with the results and credit hours attended through the course of study. It is hoped that this new system will collect service fees from graduating students, as well as reducing the amount of educated Ethiopians leaving the country, Demelash Fisehagiorgis, President of Addis Abeba University’s Student Council told Fortune.
Since the country has human labour deficits in the sectors of education and health, the new directives will not affect students from education faculty, medical, pharmacy and other health related schools.
The regulation has left  graduated and upcoming students in a difficult position since courses of study and breakdown of results were not to be stated on the temporary certificate a new graduate told Fortune.
In addition, the recruiting company has  no way to verify students’ grades, an anonymous source from Addis Abeba University told Fortune.
Employers will also face difficulty in the selection process of potential employees from among the new graduates since they have no access to any students’ grade reports to measure the talents of candidates for certain jobs, according to Adey Abraham human resource manager at the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) International Service  who told Fortune.. “If the breakdown is not available it is hardly useful to find the right person for the right position,” Adey explained.http://addisfortune.com/No%20Job,%20No%20Transcript.htm

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