One of the primary goals of education is to enable students to develop their minds, using multiple

intelligences and creativity in programming as a means to achieve this. In order for learners to develop
their mental capabilities and realize their full potential, they need to be exposed to many kinds of
knowledge and ways of expressing their thoughts.
We live in an era that has been and will continue to be profoundly influenced by advances in information
technology. These advances are having a dramatic impact in the field of education, information exchange,
and other service providing agencies, where a growing number of educators are exploring ways of taking
advantage of interactive multimedia and telecommunications technologies.
As the number of information technology graduates graduating from all Universities in Ethiopia is
increasing rapidly per annum, it is becoming inevitable that many shall be seeking higher education. The
Master program in Information Technology shall provide an opportunity for both industrialists and
academicians who wish to upgrade their knowledge. While the Computer Science candidates can fill in
the academic sectors, there has been a lot of demand for IT professionals for administrative sections of
various sectors and this can be accomplished by producing skilled Master-level IT professionals. The
requirement of the M.Sc IT program identified through need assessment has been reflected in terms of a
chart below. Hence, the department was convinced that it is necessary to offer post graduate programs in
order to provide opportunity to the eligible, to upgrade them to higher level and make them available for
the development of the country.