Since its establishment in 1995, the Ethiopian Civil Service College (ECSC) has played a significant role in building the capacity of civil servants through its various services. Education is one of the core businesses that ECSC conducts to contribute to the learning and development of public service organizations. To realise its goal in education, the institution has been guided by its vision and mission, both of which are inspired by the 1996 Establishment Regulation. The vision and mission have, however, been reformulated to accommodate the changing demands of the civil service.
The college has been mandated with improving the effectiveness, efficiency, transparency, and accountability of the Ethiopian Civil Service on a continuous basis through:
• Making ECSC a leading civil service institution exemplary in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, transparency, and accountability in service provision,
• Provision of training and specialized educational programs that cater for the needs of the Civil Service, and
• Training and certification of professionals.
Cognisance is taken of the fact that although the number of our graduates has filled certain gaps, the Ethiopian public sector still has urgent demands for trained manpower in terms of number, quality, and diversity. In an effort to transform itself into a leading institution of higher learning in Ethiopia, the College has undergone business re-engineering. The following are change factors in the country that have necessitated urgent institutional transformation of the College:
- Diversified and dynamic needs of civil service
- Demand for higher education and civil service reform in the country
- Competition from other local and international institutions which provide education that is directly related to the practical problems faced by civil service institutions in the country.
These and other projected changes in customers’ needs on the horizon pose serious challenges for, and justify the existence of, the ECSC. Thus, the ECSC is mandated to transform its business to achieve high levels of performance in its education and training services. Accordingly, the College has re-engineered its education business process, and consequently, this has led to a reformulation of its education policy and guidelines.
