From today October 27, opens the application for students and pupils who want to be part of the KEDS Academy program.

This program, funded and supported by KEDS, was developed in cooperation with Bogazici University in Turkey.

Also for 9 years now, KEDS has a cooperation agreement for the KEDS Academy program with the University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina" and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in Kosovo.

The exchange of international experiences by professors of this university, as well as KEDS experts from various activities that are part of this program, will be an extraordinary experience for the participating students.

KEDS Academy offers two separate programs but both deal with the development of knowledge /skills from the power system in Kosovo.

These programs include the Leadership (Future Leaders) program for students of the University of Prishtina and the Industrial Technical program for technical high school pupils in Kosovo.

The leadership program includes, among others, modules on effective communication and Leadership Skills, Cyber Security, Business Intelligence for Business Excellence, etc.

While in the industrial technical program pupils will be trained on the main concepts in energy development, environmental management and globalization, technical programs with special emphasis in the field of energy.

Students who achieve satisfactory results during the program are provided with international certificates by Pearson / BTEC.

BTEC is a high quality, career-focused qualification based on the real life skills. This means that through this program, students develop  knowledge, skills and behaviors required by the job market but also by their universities.

Also part of the program will be modules for the development of soft skills, including communication with customers and the development of professional skills in various fields, depending on the needs of the company.

The program lasts one year and during this period students will attend lectures as well as do internships in various departments of the company.

Part of the KEDS Academy program is the engagement of students and pupils in the Internship 4 months period.