{"id":46494,"date":"2022-08-29T12:08:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T12:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kepler-college-orients-150-new-students\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T08:24:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T08:24:59","slug":"kepler-college-orients-150-new-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kepler-college-orients-150-new-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Kepler College admits 150 new students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new students will be pursuing  Bachelor\u2019s of Arts  (BA) degree in  Project Management.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the admission day event held on Friday 26th August 2022, the Vice Chancellor of Kepler College, Prof Baylie Damtie Yeshita said that courses to be offered under this program will equip students with knowledge, skills and attitude  that are highly needed at the labour market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKepler College shall focus on offering academic programs at the intersection of technology and management inline with the labor market needs in Rwanda and the region.The main defining and unique feature of Kepler College\u2019s pedagogy is learn by doing; students are presented with case studies and projects to demonstrate mastery of key competencies. Assessment at Kepler College aims at measuring  students\u2019 ability to solve a variety of work-like problems and projects instead of rote memorization,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Yeshita disclosed that  all programs of the college offer industrial attachment opportunities to students and actively working with employers is a key strategy of the College  for ensuring the relevance of an academic program.  <\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted that  employment outcome is the main measure of success at Kepler College; the goal being 90% of  the graduates get jobs within six months after graduation. <\/p>\n<p>Kevin Marius Ikuzwe, one of new students enrolled this year expressed delight to be admitted at Kepler College noting that he was lured by Kepler\u2019s credibility for quality education.<\/p>\n<p>Shalina Agasaro Gakuba also revealed that the support Kepler extended to alumni after graduation attracted her to join Kepler College.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2022, Kepler College was accredited as a fully-fledged higher education institution in Rwanda to start by offering bachelors of arts degree in project management. The College plans to open three more additional undergraduate programs over the next five years. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43885 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ak5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43891 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ak6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43887 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ak1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Students and parents following presentations at the event. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43890 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ak4-2.jpg\" alt=\"New students were assured of quality education. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43889 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ak3-2.jpg\" alt=\"Students were given floor to ask questions for clarifications. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43888 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ak2-3.jpg\" alt=\"Lecturers took new students through several advantages of studying at Kepler College. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43886 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ak-9.jpg\" alt=\"The Vice Chancellor of Kepler College, Prof. Baylie Damtie Yeshita said that offered courses enhance students\u2019 competencies at the labour market.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43892 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ori-2.jpg\" alt=\"The first cohort will begin with 150 students. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Four months after it was officially licensed to operate as a private higher learning institution in Rwanda, Kepler College has welcomed the cohort of 150 new students expected to begin studies in September this year.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-46494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46494"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=46494"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=46494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}