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Education in Ethiopia was dominated by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church for many centuries until secular education was adopted in the early 1900s. Prior to 1974, Ethiopia had an estimated literacy rate below 50% and compared poorly with the rest of even Africa in the provision of schools and universities.
This is a list of universities and colleges in Ethiopia. It includes both public and private institutions. [1] [2] [3] There are 5 private universities and 659 private colleges of higher education in Ethiopia. [4] Public higher education institutions are categorized by the Ministry of Education (MOE) into four main focus areas: [4] [5] [6]
The Ethiopian National Educational Assessment and Examination Agency (Amharic: የሀገር አቀፍ የትምህርት ምዘናና ፈተናዎች ኤጀንሲ; NEAEA) is a government agency responsible for conducting and inspection of national learning process of grade 4th and 8th since 2000, and grade 8th and 12th since 2010. [1]
The Ethiopian General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (EGSECE) is a nationwide exam in Ethiopia that is given to students after final year of secondary school education. [1] Students take EGSECE usually that would eligible to continue eleventh grade or college in preparatory schools. Since 2001, the Ethiopian Secondary Education ...
Only 15% of private universities in Ethiopia participate in Electronic Distance Education which is also known as online school. For many students, online education is a more convenient alternative to pursuing higher education because of their location. [7] There are two major initiatives aimed at bridging the digital divide gap.
Since 2021, the Ethiopian National Exam quality was under the worsened condition, where 97% students failed to pass the grade 12 exams known as "entrance exam". [12] In October 2023, the Minister of Education Berhanu Nega disclosed the catastrophic failure of student in national exam. 43% of students reported that they have failed to pass the grade 12 secondary school exams in the 2022/23 ...
During the Abiy Ahmed prime ministership of Ethiopia, Getahun Mekuria was Minister of Education prior to October 2021, when Berhanu Nega became Minister. [4] On 6 October 2021, as part of this Cabinet reshuffle, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MoSHE), which was established two years prior on 16 August 2018, was dissolved and ...
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has crucial role to disseminate traditional ancient educational system of Ethiopia to read Old and New Testaments in Ge'ez since Axumite period in 330 AD. The teaching highly emphasized Christian and Islamic dogma; Christian education at primary level often conducted by clergy in place of worship and major ...