Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh

Jan 23, 2024 | theconversation.com | Natasha Joseph |Ayodeji Olukoju |Craig Bailie |Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh |Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob |Kristof Titeca | +2 more

Nelson Mandela was a famous advocate for the value of education. In 1990, the man who would become South Africa’s first democratically president four years later told a high school in Boston: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”The United Nations agrees. In 2018 its General Assembly adopted a resolution that proclaimed 24 January as the International Day of Education.

Nov 23, 2023 | theconversation.com | Tebeje Molla |Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh

In October 2023, Ethiopia’s minister of education, Berhanu Nega, disclosed several shocking figures on the outcomes of the 12th-grade national examination. Of the 3,106 schools that administered the 12th grade (secondary school leaving) examination for the 2022/23 academic year, 43% reported that none of their students had passed.