DMU: Debre Markos University hosts the 9th annual national research symposium with the notion of “strong research management and service for sustainable development on March 24 and 25/2018.
During the opening session of the symposium, Debre Markos University acting president Mr. Tadesse Tenaw states that researches undertakings in different disciplines have to be carried out in depth to make the teaching and learning activities effective and reliable and to create research driven scientific innovation as well.
Mr. Tadesse also added that research activities are always initially stood with rules and policies drawn to practically put the indigenous potentials principally on the University’s research thematic areas. These activities have been done either individually or in groups. Besides, he remarks that female researchers have also been participated to scale up their abilities and skills contextually. Thus, the university encourages female researchers and interdisciplinary team researchers to endorse their study.
In the opening session there is also a presentation of keynote speech. The symposium keynote speaker Dr. Demis Chaniyalew presents that research is the key through which a given country is likely to solve and handle problems which ultimately leads countries development. On this concern, researchers must spend their precious time, knowledge, wealth and energy exhaustively on solving the problems that entangle the communities at large.
Dr. Demis also remarked that the researches that are carried out yearly should have to be implemented practically on the ground so that the communities in general and the researchers in particular should be beneficial.
The participants on their turn acknowledge the research symposium provided the fact that the researchers potential, experience, linkage and other positive amenities are preceded. The participants also recommend that the university’s researchers have to do researches in collaboration research institutions to bring new perspectives in solving community problems.
During the symposium 50 studies were selected and presented by different researchers selected across the nation.