Addis Abeba — According to the Ministry of Education (MoE), more than 358,000 students took the national university entrance exam to pursue higher education in the upcoming academic year 2020/21 (2013 E.C.). In Addis Abeba alone more than 23,560 have taken the exam. The Ministry of Science and Higher education (MoSHE) announced that 147,640 students will be expected to join 47 government universities. From the data Addis Standard obtained from MoSHE website for the current academic year, students will be distributed to all five category universities registered under MoSHE. These five categories are research, applied science, general, science and technology and technical universities and according to MoSHE ready to accept students. .
Solomon is a resident of Addis Abeba and one of the students who took the university entrance exam and scored higher than the minimum score set to join the social sciences stream. Solomon told Addis Standard, "I scored 471 in the entrance exam in the social sciences stream. I didn't apply or select my preferred university to be placed in as requested by MoSHE. If my placement was going to be outside Addis Abeba, I wouldn't have gone anyways." He continued "That's why I enrolled in one of the private university colleges by paying all registration fees plus the first semester fee which is around 4,500 ETB," while explaining that the reason he took such a measure was 'feeling unsafe outside Addis Abeba' due to the deteriorating security situation in the country and fear of violence following the upcoming general election.
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