Marine College — Deki Erey Foundation

Marine College
First Project In Massawa

Project Marine College
About
History
City of Massawa

Deki Erey Foundation is collaborating to help the Massawa College of Marine Science and Technology (MCMST). The college has a list of objectives, it is working diligently to achieve and it is the desire of our Foundation to help with one of the main future plans.

The list of plans of the MCMST is:

1) Starting a graduate program

2) Developing research

3) Upgrading the teaching and training facilities

Deki Erey Foundation will focus on the third objective of MCMST. Upgrading the teaching and training facilities is a very broad spectrum. In consultation with the MCMST board it became clear there are multiple steps necessary to complete the objective. So there will be a set of phases to this project.

Phase one will be to install a new air-conditioning system for the institution. Deki Erey Foundation will fundraise to realise phase one of our Marine College project. The current air-conditioning system is broken beyond repair. This is due to the sand storms that regularly occur in this area of the country. Temperatures reach record high levels of 45 ̊C during the summer period from May to September in the coastal city of Massawa. This makes it impossible for the students to work effectively. Deki Erey Foundation believes that these students should be working in an environment where they can achieve their full potential. For instance, with a new air-conditioning system students will be motivated to attend all classes no matter the weather and can finish their work without any delays.

The teaching facility of MCMST includes 14 classrooms, 2 small laboratories, 4 computer labs, 8 workshop rooms and a library.

We will equip the institution with an air-conditioning system that will cool all these spaces.

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Our first project will focus on the Massawa College of Marine Science and Technology. (MCMST)

MCMST was established in 2005. As of then, the College started off with their first academic year. MCMST accommodates students from all over Eritrea, who are geared toward all maritime and harbor proceedings. They offer diploma and degree programs. 494 students are following a degree program and the remaining 202 students are enrolled in the diploma program. Female students make about 30% of the student population.
One of the current goals is to start a graduate program in a short period. So more relevant research can be done by MCMST and the school can produce more assistant graduates. Currently most assistant graduates are sent abroad to continue their studies.

Before the MCMST expanded and moved to Massawa, it used to be a small department at the University of Asmara. At that time the curriculum offered where Marine Biology and Fisheries.

This previous department offered one program and was accepting a few students per year.

In 2005, the various departments of the University of Asmara where relocated to different parts of the country. They were moved to places that were more suitable to the educational programs they had. Likewise the college of Marine Biology and Fisheries, was upgraded to a College and was relocated to the coastal city of Massawa.

As of 2016 the College of Marine Science and Technology had 450 students, which are, enrolled in 5 degree and 3 diploma programs. 200 of these students were freshmen students.

MCMST is loacted in Massawa. A city on the Red Sea coast of Eritrea located at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago. Massawa has been a historical and important port for many centuries. Massawa was the capital under the Italian rule until it was moved to Asmara in 1897.

Notable buildings in the city include the shrine of Sahaba, as well as the 15th century Sheikh Hanafi Mosque and various houses of coral. Many Ottoman buildings survived, such as the local bazaar. Later buildings include the Imperial Palace, built in 1872 to 1874; St. Mary's Cathedral; and the 1920s Banco d'Italia. The Eritrean War of Independence is commemorated in a memorial of three tanks in the middle of Massawa.

Massawa has a hot desert climate. The city receives a very low average annual rainfall amount totaling around 185 millimeters and the annual mean average temperature approaches 30 °C or 86 °F, which is one of the highest found in the world. Massawa is noted for its very high summer humidity despite being a desert city. This combination of the desert heat and high humidity makes the temperatures seem even more extreme. The sky is usually clear and bright throughout the year.