Secondary Education in Ethiopia : Supporting Growth and Transformation

doi:10.1596/978-0-8213-9727-5

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Secondary Education in Ethiopia : Supporting Growth and Transformation

dc.contributor.author	Joshi, Rajendra Dhoj
dc.contributor.author	Verspoor, Adriaan
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-08T17:17:37Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-08T17:17:37Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	This report is on the secondary education in Ethiopia. The report analyzes the challenges of secondary education in the context of the government's growth and transformation plan and its stated goal of becoming a middle-income country by 2020-23. The education system in Ethiopia as currently organized, together with existing education policies, has served the country well as it has transitioned from a country with some of the lowest enrollment ratios in the world to one where universal primary education is within reach. The current secondary curriculum is not designed to meet the demands of universal general secondary education; it is too difficult and academic for that purpose. The report begins with an investigation of the participation rate in secondary education that would support a middle-income economy. It then examines whether the current secondary curriculum can ensure a supply of secondary graduates compatible with the needs of this economy. The report also analyzes how teacher preparation, development, and management, together with school-based management, can contribute to ensuring quality secondary graduates. Based on the quantity and quality of secondary graduates required, the report then assesses the options for ensuring sustainable financing for the subsector. It concludes with a summary of policy options for the expansion of secondary education. Ethiopia's recent economic performance has been impressive. Sustaining this performance over the coming 15 years will require significant improvements in productivity, which must be achieved through improved management, the application of technology, and the upgrading of human capital. Ensuring that its education system both imparts students with middle-level skills and facilitates improved learning achievement is probably the most critical challenge that Ethiopia faces.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-0-8213-9727-5
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-8213-9727-5
dc.identifier.other	10.1596/978-0-8213-9727-5
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13088
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Bank Study;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	Education and economic growth
dc.subject	Private provision of secondary education
dc.subject	School-based management
dc.subject	Secondary curriculum
dc.subject	Secondary education
dc.subject	Secondary education financing
dc.subject	Secondary education for middle income economy
dc.subject	Teacher preparation and development
dc.subject	Universal secondary education
dc.title	Secondary Education in Ethiopia : Supporting Growth and Transformation	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2012-10-17
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.globalpractice	Education
okr.globalpractice	Governance
okr.guid	735741468037146987
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-0-8213-9727-5
okr.identifier.report	73288
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Ethiopia
okr.topic	Education
okr.topic	Governance
okr.topic	Public Sector Development
okr.unit	Education - East/Southern (AFTEE)
okr.volume	1 of 1