May 24, 2023
Ethiopia: Staggering 85.9 Percent Elementary, Middle Schools, and 70.9 Percent High Schools in Ethiopia 'Completely Sub-Standard' - Ministry
The Ethiopian Ministry of Education has revealed a statistics that only four schools in Ethiopia have met the Ministry's rigorous standards classified as "high" following an… Read more »
April 10, 2023
Ethiopia: Is Tigray's Plan to Resume Schools Soon Far Out of Reach?
A month ago, the Education Bureau in Tigray region announced a plan to resume schooling, which had been shut down as a consequence of the two-year-long war in the region between… Read more »
February 25, 2023
Ethiopia: More Than 7,800 Students Drop Out of School As Drought Takes Toll in Borana
Education office of the drought hit Borana zone of Oromia region in southern Ethiopia said more than 7,800 students have been forced out of school as the impact of the drought gets… Read more »
February 22, 2023
Ethiopia: Prospective Graduates Fret Over Time Constraints As Ministry of Education Set to Launch Exit Exam to Tackle Deteriorating Competency
The announcement to provide an exit exam to all private and public university, first degree graduating students has been topical since last year. Different engagements were held… Read more »
February 03, 2023
Ethiopia: Ministry to Rebuild More Than 70 War-Damaged Schools in Amhara and Afar Regions
Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced that it will rebuild 71 standard schools using financial support from World Bank (WB), Menschen für Menschen charity organization and the… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Ethiopia: National School Leaving Exam Results Shock As Only 3.3% of Students Score Above 50% Uni Entrance Mark
Ministry of Education has announced that out of total of 896,520 students who sat for the national school leaving exam for the 2021-22 academic year, only 29,909 scored above 50%… Read more »
January 12, 2023
Ethiopia: Addis Abeba City New Multi-Lingual Curriculum Adopts Afaan Oromoo, Amharic As Supplementary Languages
The Addis Abeba City Administration cabinet has announced new multi-lingual education curriculum by adopting Afaan Oromoo as supplementary language to be taught in all schools in… Read more »
Ethiopia: Police in Kellem Wollega Zone, Oromia Detain More Than 20 Teachers for Refusing Mandatory Salary Cut
Police have detained more than 20 teachers who raised questions over a government scheme that deducts some amount of money from their salaries, in Lalo Qile district of Kellem… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Ethiopia: Unrest, Violence in Addis Schools About Oromia Flag, Anthem Lead to Security Crackdown
On Monday 12 December, Lydia Girma, Head of the Addis Abeba City Peace and Security Administration Bureau, announced that security forces in the city detained 72 individuals on… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Ethiopia: Conflict, Drought Forces 3.6 Million Children Out of School in Last Six Months Alone: New Report
A new report by the UN's global fund for education in emergencies, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), revealed that conflict, climate change, malnutrition and displacement forced 3.6… Read more »
December 06, 2022
Ethiopia: Four University Lecturers Detained in Arba Minch in Connection With Strike Released
Four teachers, including the president of Arba Minch University Teachers' Association, have been arrested in connection with the ongoing strike in various universities of the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Innovation - Third Round Hult Prize On Campus Kicks Off At Addis Abeba University
Addis Abeba Addis Abeba University (AAU) kicked off the latest edition of the HULT prize on-campus program with them "Challenging students to Redesign Fashion, launching an… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Ethiopia: University Teachers Threaten Indefinite Strike
Teachers and their technical assistants working in all Ethiopian universities have written a letter to the Ministry of Education and the House of People's Representatives… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Ethiopia: EU Donates 33M Euro to Unicef, WFP to Restore Education Services, School Feeding Programme in Conflict Affected Areas in Ethiopia
The European Union (EU), through its partnership with UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), has granted €33 million (1.8 billion Ethiopian Birr) to restore… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Ethiopia: Innovation - Digitruck Ethiopia Launched, Aims to Enable Rural, Remote Students Benefit From Digital Technology
The DigiTruck Ethiopia project, which enables the provision of digital skills training to Ethiopian students, is launched in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Huawei,… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Ethiopia: Teachers, Parents Reel From Lack of Basic Facilities in Addis Abeba's Afaan Oromo-Only Schools
Once hailed as one of the responses for Oromo residents of Addis Abeba city who want to send their kids to Afaan Oromo-only Schools, teachers and students in these schools are now… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Ethiopia: Parents Struggle With Rising Cost of Education As Wars, Natural Disasters Force 13M Out of Schools
On 07 October, the United Nation's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) released a report revealing a staggering number of students missing out on schools… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Ethiopia: One Student Killed, More Than 12,000 Examinees Walk Out On National School-Leaving Exam
Yesterday, the Ministry of Education announced that one student was killed, and many examiners taking national school leaving exam and security forces were injured in a violence… Read more »
September 23, 2022
Ethiopia: Jimma Uni. Suspends Two Staff for Production of 'Wrong and Illegal' Sociology Module - Ethics Committee Investigating
Jimma University announced that it has suspended two staff members and will take various immediate measures regarding the "wrong and illegal" explanations on the history of the… Read more »
August 18, 2022
Ethiopia: University Teachers Threaten Action If 'Administrative Abuse' Continues
University teachers have stressed that unless their demands for salary raises, promotions, housing, life insurance, credit mechanisms, and transfer rights for teaching staff are… Read more »
August 08, 2022
Ethiopia: Conflict, Natural Disasters Force More Than 2.9 Million Children Out of School - Report
A UN report on Ethiopia's education cluster covering the months between April and June this year revealed that "the ongoing conflict, rising levels of food insecurity and other… Read more »
August 05, 2022
Ethiopia: Bonga University Expels 54 Students for 'Unclear Reasons'
Bonga University, located in Bonga city, the capital of Keffa Zone of the Southern Nations Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regional state, has reportedly expelled 54 Oromo… Read more »
June 27, 2022
Ethiopia: Task Force Urges University Students to Beware of Media Incitement, Steer Clear of Violence
In a statement it released this morning, the Ethiopian joint security and intelligence task force, which is comprised of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS),… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Ethiopia: University Congratulates Prof for GCHERA's 2021 World Laureate of Agriculture Prize Award
The leadership and community of Mekelle University (MU), in Tigray, held a congratulatory event today to MU Founding President, Prof. Mitiku Haile, on his recent award as a… Read more »
June 18, 2022
Ethiopia: University Students Assemble Fuel Manufacturing Machine
Addis Abeba: Jimma Institute of Technology announced that graduating students of the 2022 Mechanical Engineering class produced a machine that utilized inputs of plastic to output… Read more »