Department of Academic is one among the five departments available in the Institute of Public Administration. It is concerned with all academic matters of the Institute, including: - admission and registration of students, developing and reviewing curriculums, preparing and managing examinations, and publishing of examination results, and coordinating library services among others. The department has four Divisions, namely:
- Division of Admission and Registration
- Division of Curriculums
- Division of Examinations and
- Division of Library Services
1. DIVISION OF ADMISSION AND REGISTRATION
The division established with the primary purpose of coordinating all issues concerning students’ admission and registrations at the Institute of Public Administration. Also the division ensures all students data are succefully updated and submitted to the respective Educational authorities (NACTVET and TCU) in every academic year for verification. Other duties include:
- Admitting and registering reported students
- Preparing and issuing student’s identity cards
- Preparing and printing student’s Transcripts and Certificates
- Updating student’s online information
- Addressing different students’ challenges concerning admission and registration issues.
2. DIVISION OF CURRICULUM
This division has the overall of developing, reviewing and overseeing implementation of all curricula of the Institute. More specifically, the Division is concerned with the following:
- Preparing and reviewing curricula according to stakeholder needs, and market needs.
- To monitor the teaching progress of instructors and student attendance
- Supervise the submission of student grades from instructors
- Assessing student progress based on the curriculum being taught
- Advise the availability of reference books (Reference books), and other materials
- Designing various methods and giving advice on the best teaching methods
- Prepare an implementation report every three months and submit to the head of the department.