Research Capacity in Ethiopian Higher Education Institutions

Thoroughly,from the year 1999 to 2002 E.C; it was discovered that the majority of university instructors have good perception and conviction towards the importance of research in HEIs., the university does not have its own sufficient potential research method trainers, its rate plus the proportion of instructors who have ever taken in-service research training so far was not considerably good. It was also examined that the university does not have organized internal quality research audit body /system, and strict selection criteria used to select quality research projects at the university level. Some how good book publication experiences being seen in the university could signal the research competence of the institution. Yet, the status of the University in disseminating the research findings to the surrounding community looked low.Though good research deeds are being shown, the research capacity of the university could be judged and concluded as some how moderate. To end with, the study recommends that the University has to organize and perform permanent in-service research training to its academic staff as compulsory task of the institution.