ETHIOPIA &
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR
[This example of the
regular reports we made, to the ODA in the UK, shows the type of
teaching we were undertaking]
0323 SIX MONTHLY REPORT
OPEN BUSINESS SCHOOL - SIX MONTHLY REPORT - 18 December 1994
Period Covered: July - December 1994
Prepared by: David Mercer Position: Project Director
Country: Ethiopia Project Title: Distance Learning for VIPs
a) Staff Changes
None
b) Consultants
Start Date Duration Names Home Institution Task
Dates to be added by Kate Edwards
c) Trainees and Visitors
None
d) Equipment and Books
Items Cost Supplier Date Ordered Date Received Balance
Itemised separately
COMMENTS ON INPUTS
The main phase of the course has now been successfully completed. Eight students have now been awarded their MBAs (one with 6 distinctions). A further two students are likely to be awarded MBAs when their work has been finally reviewed - giving a total of 10 MBAs this year (to be formally presented at a degree ceremony in Addis Abeba in April 1995). Just two students remain on the programme, and they are expected to complete their MBAs in 1995.
OTHER COMMENTS
None
PROJECT STRUCTURE INDICATORS OF PROGRESS TOWARDS
ACHIEVEMENT OUTPUT OBJECTIVES
IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES
To educate a maximum of 23 members Individual course More than 30 students have already participated
of the Ethiopian government in objectives in courses - all senior members of government.
management and administration
To help students apply their learning Application by students Students continue to report finding the concepts
to their government roles useful in the context of their move to a market
economy.
OUTPUTS
Minimum of 5 MBA qualifications OU records 8 students have now completed their MBA -
Target of 10 MBA qualifications in three years - (one with a distinction), and
a further two are expected to be confrimed in the
near future. A further two students are expected
to graduate in 1995, bringing the total overall
to 12 MBAs.
Target of 2 courses completed by OU records 14 students have now completed two or more
15 students courses
Minimum of more than 2 courses completed
by 10 students
INPUTS
Maximum of 138 stage 2 OU courses OU invoices/ 92 stage 2 MBA courses were delivered in
BCE reports 1992/1993 (together with 49 short courses in
developmental economics and finance) . 31 courses
were delivered in 1994 - and it is intended that
4 more will be delivered in 1995
Maximum of 400 days of local OU invoices/ 220 days of local support were provided
(Addis Abeba) support by OU BCE reports during 1992/1993 and 120 days (actual total to
be provided by Kate Edwards) in 1994. A further 30
days are scheduled in 1995.
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