Getu Roba Adare (MSc.)

Head, Department of Sport Science

Background

Education plays a key role in a country’s socio-economic, political, and psycho-cultural development by shaping competent, informed, and responsible citizens. The national roadmap task force has reviewed the education system's performance, identifying gaps and expectations from stakeholders, and assessed the sufficiency of policies to align with the goal of becoming a middle-income country.

The education policy should focus on holistic development, producing confident, competent citizens who are critical thinkers, ethical, and able to meet global market demands. The curriculum should promote values like liberty, efficiency, equity, and excellence, which often compete for priority but should be integrated to produce well-rounded graduates.

In Ethiopia, physical education and sports have become an academic discipline over the last three decades. With the increasing demand for physical activities in schools, universities, and the fitness industry, the need for skilled professionals in physical education and sports has also grown. The government has included sports in the country's five-year transformation plan, aiming to fill the demand for qualified professionals in coaching, leadership, and fitness training.

Salale University's Department of Sport Science, established in 2016, currently offers undergraduate programs and has graduated 45 students. The department focuses on teaching, research, and community support in line with the university’s mission, aiming to produce qualified professionals to serve various sectors of the sports industry.

Vision

To serve as a center of excellence in the pursuit of knowledge and careers in the sport science using an evolving curriculum, integrated with practical activities to educate students on the theory and practice of the sport sciences and thus to develop critical thinking skills and become life-long learners and successful professionals, scientists, and entrepreneurs among students.

• The mission of Salale University is to produce competent and innovative graduates in diversified fields of study; conduct problem solving researches, transfer technologies; and provide demand-driven community services.

Mission

To provide students the opportunity to explore life, in all complexity and diversity, to develop each student’s ability to acquire and critically interpret knowledge of basic facts and theories of Sport science, to relate that knowledge to other subject areas in the liberal arts, to add to the body of sport science knowledge through research, and to communicate his or her understanding to others both within and outside the field of sport science.

• Salale University aspires to be a leading comprehensive university in the country by 2030 G.C.

Objectives

The general objectives of the program is to produce graduates with the optimum development of sport science by equipping students with different techniques &skills of sport activities, knowledge of scientific analysis of human movement &performance in respect to physical activities professionals at different level of qualification who can take part in different sport aspects like in coaching, organizing, research, fitness instructors, etc in a Four years training program.

The program has the following specific objectives:

• To provide knowledge, attitudes, skills for students in thereof sports, exercise science, coaching and managing skills.
• To ensure quality of education in the area of Sports Science.
• Train academically competent professional who can actively participate in the educational, health, social and cultural sectors of the society.
• Develop student’ skills in using appropriate methods for coaching.
• To enable to coach appropriate fundamental skills serving in different sports academies and training centers.
• Provide trained personnel who can lead and organize intramural & extramural activities in different organizations.
• Provide advisory services in thereof sport for government and non-governmental organization, clubs, fitness centers in particular and fitness industry in general.
• Create an environment that supports and encourages national and international interaction that can contribute for the development of Sports.
• Provide students with opportunities for field experiences in order to obtain practical experience needed for advancing their education and careers.
• Conduct research related to sport science.
• Prepare and facilitate short term training or refreshment programs such as seminars, workshops, symposia etc
• Organize sport programs for the benefit of student’s health &their recreational purposes.
Create feature job opportunities.
• Develop entrepreneurship skills and knowledge in Sports.

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