Quality education

"Education must fully assume its central role in helping people to forge more just, peaceful and tolerant societies."

– Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Purpose

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

The United Nations understand the supremacy of education for a brighter and prosperous future and is therefore of the consensus that quality education and not merely education should be a reality for all. In its Sustainable Development Goals, the UN has identified quality education as a major goal to ensure the ‘transformation of the world’ by 2030. By quality education, the UN implies equitable and standard education for all that will promote lifelong learning and the urge to gather knowledge. Inclusivity and equitability are the foundations to be upheld in quality education and not a greater literacy rate. This is a revolutionary approach to understanding education and making it the means of changing the world.

However, Ethiopia is currently dealing with some adverse impacts.

How are these adverse impacts ... ...

Shortage of educational resources

There are not enough schools in Ethiopia, especially in rural areas. Many schools lack basic teaching facilities. There is also a serious shortage of teachers. The quality of education in Ethiopia is generally low and some 9 million children are reported to have dropped out of school due to the impact of the crisis.

Lack of funding

With the expansion of the scale of education, the supply of education funds has failed to keep up, so that the quality of education has declined. The Ethiopian government's low financial support for vocational education has directly led to a shortage of teachers and inadequate and backward teaching and training equipment.

Educational inequity

Quality education resources are highly concentrated in big cities, while 80% of the population lives in rural areas, resulting in the quality of education in rural areas lagging far behind that in urban areas.In higher education, women face gender discrimination and sociocultural barriers.

Education system is out of touch with reality

The government only guarantees teachers' salaries, but the curriculum was not rational and schools have to cover other costs themselves. Most of the parents of the students are not educated, and even if they value education, they are not able to help students with their lessons.

Why do these adverse impacts show up ... ...

Shortage of educational resources

Ethiopia has long faced political instability, and nearly 18 percent of schools across the country have been destroyed or damaged. With a population of more than 100 million, Ethiopia's growing population has increased demand for educational resources, but it is difficult to meet it. The education and training system is weak.

Lack of funding

Ethiopia with a low level of economic development and limited government revenue, is unable to provide adequate financial support for education. Prolonged conflicts and natural disasters has increased the need for education funding. International assistance remains insufficient to meet Ethiopia's educational development needs.

Educational inequity

Ethiopia cannot meet the educational needs of all its people. The level of infrastructure and economic development in rural areas lags far behind that in urban areas. Traditional social concepts and cultural customs limit female education and lack of awareness of the importance of education.

Education system is out of touch with reality

Although the Government had developed a new education policy, the curriculum did not take into account the realities of Ethiopia and did not address the problems rooted in the education and training system itself. Some parents are unable or unwilling to invest more resources to support their children's education.

How to fix Ethiopia's disadvantage?

1.Innovative financing options: Respond urgently to the educational needs of out-of-school children through bold and innovative financing options. Education Cannot Wait (ECW), for example, launched a high-level call to action and announced an initial contingency grant of $5 million, bringing ECW's total investment in Ethiopia to $93 million.

2.Improving the distribution of educational resources: Ethiopia's Ministry of Education is determined to change the status quo with the development of Internet communication technology. It plans to deploy ICT networks in 300 primary and secondary schools and 10 universities, so that every student can share high-quality teaching resources through online education, distance education, and common access to data center resources, and get fair education opportunities.

3. Repair damaged schools and reward teachers: School buildings damaged or destroyed in the conflict must be repaired and teachers who work without pay rewarded.

4. Improving the quality of teacher education: The Ministry of Education has promoted summer courses for serving teachers, which are considered essential to enable school teachers to respond to the needs of the new curriculum reform.

5. International support: Ethiopia's education crisis needs the support of the international community, including financial, technical and human resources, to help rebuild its education system.

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