Ethiopia - Education



Ethiopia Education 1577
Photo by: Living Legend

Prior to 1974, Ethiopia had an estimated illiteracy rate well above 90% and compared poorly with the rest of Africa in the provision of schools and universities. After the 1974 revolution, emphasis was placed on increasing literacy in rural areas. Practical subjects were stressed, as was the teaching of socialism. Education received roughly 13% of the national budget in 1992. By 1995 the rate of illiteracy had dropped substantially to 64.5%. Projected adult illiteracy rates for the year 2000 stand even lower at 61.3% (males, 56.1%; females, 66.6%). As of 1999, public expenditure on education was estimated at 4.3% of GDP.

Public education is compulsory and free at the primary level. In 1997, elementary schools had a total enrollment of 4,007,694 pupils in 10,256 schools with 92,775 teachers. At the secondary level in 1997, there were 889,650 pupils with 25,402 teachers. As of 1999, 31% of primary-school-age children were enrolled in school. Addis Ababa University (formerly Haile Selassie I University) has extension centers in Alemaya, Gonder, Awasa, Bahir-Dar, and Debre Zeyit. The University of Asmera is a Roman Catholic institution. In 1997, post-secondary institutions had a total of 42,226 pupils.

Also read article about Ethiopia from Wikipedia

User Contributions:

1
Kalen
I love this article.For my school project i've been looking for ethiopia's education rate and this is the best one so far.thanks!
2
Annie
i find your information liable and i can rally learn a lot from it...
3
keke palmer
AMAZING FACTS! I USE IT ALL THE TIME FOR RESEARCH! THE INFO IS RELIABLE.
4
Rachel
The website is really good. I found loads of info. Thanks a lot.
5
Rachel
This info is brilliant. thanks so much for it all. you rock!!
6
Carmen
Thanks a lot, This information really helped me for my project on Ethiopia! =) I'm sure we'll do really well.
7
Anna
This is awesome. I am doing an International Day report on Ethiopia and this article gave me a lot of facts I needed. Whoever comes to this site, use it!
8
emz
hey thanks this info is really helpful and i know it will get me a good mark in my education ! thanks again x
9
abhilash
we are from one of the top leading company in INDIA ,we were planning to serve the nation by giving a quality education in Ethiopia.so i need the details of the country literacy percentage in primary and secondary education.And help me is there any government support to the foreigners like us.
I LOVE THIS ARTICLE.FOR MY SCHOOL PROJECT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ETHIOPIANS EDUCATION RATE AND THIS IS THE BEST ONE SO FAR.THANKS!
Thank you so much for this information, it reallly covered a whole chapter on my assignment on Ethiopians.
12
Marrrry
THIS IS BRILLIANT. I HAVE FINALLY FINISHED MY 400-600 WORD STORY ON ETHIOPIANS EDUCATION RATE , ALL THANKS TO THIS WEBSITE. YOU HAVE MY VOTE!
13
krissy
i have been doing a school project and i thank for who ever made this website.this is the best website ever it gave me tons of info that was very helpful thankyou
Good information but figures should be up dated. Ethhiopia should not get bad names

as far as education is cocerned. Information helpRLed me quite a lot for my writing an article.
This was really helpfull Thsnks. i know that i well get a good mark on my project. and ths well really educate my class.
16
AJ
Thank you very much for giving me the information I needed. I really appreciate it. I will be sure to refere back to this site if I need information any time soon. Again thank you for the information.
17
SN
This is a usefull information that i have been looking for a long time. Kindly inform me when the free primary education started in Ethiopia, am working on a project that requires this information and i have been searching but have gotten nothing. thanks once again
so true... these two are right i cant believe so many ppl like this website
thank you is the best article have seen to compare the 1974 and 1991 education of ethiopia
20
kainat
woww!! this is so amaaingg the best ive ever seeenn!!!
21
chakoro
it is good info and i have see it when i was searching for assignment but i could't found the recent statistic.
22
kelli
Nice website. Its helpful, and detailed. Thanks for making it!
23
essie
I love this website. Thanx so much it helped me with a school project a lot!!!

Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic: