Tebeje Molla

2 months ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Tebeje Molla |David Adams

TEBEJE MOLLA, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the causes and impacts of Ethiopia’s education crisis…More than nine million Ethiopian children are currently out of school. They are caught in the crossfire of armed conflicts, natural disasters, tribal tensions and economic hardships. In 2023, Ethiopia had a total school-aged population of 35,444,482 children, about 52 per cent of them primary school-aged.

Jan 23, 2025 | theconversation.com | Tebeje Molla

More than nine million Ethiopian children are currently out of school. They are caught in the crossfire of armed conflicts, natural disasters, tribal tensions and economic hardships. In 2023, Ethiopia had a total school-aged population of 35,444,482 children, about 52% of them primary school-aged. In the same year, only 22,949,597 children were enrolled in schools, leaving over 35% of school-aged children out of school.

Jan 23, 2025 | tolerance.ca | Tebeje Molla

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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.