EDUCATION REFORMS IN ETHIOPIA AND ITS ROAD MAP TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECONOMY

Abstract

Education has been playing a very important role in building a nation through human capital, and its expenditure contributed by the government in promoting human capital and provides positive returns in the form of human productivity for the development of the economy (Hanusheck and Woessman, 2010). Education is a widely accepted instrument for promoting economic growth. Particularly, the African continent is to eradicate poverty, inequality and growth of economy be focused on the quality of education (Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, 2011).  Globalization and liberalization policy have seriously affected the continent of Africa because these countries have not been inviting foreign direct investment (FDI) and they have not expanded business activities to these countries always as middle-income countries (Birgit Brock-Utne, 2002). Present, Ethiopia’s score has been increasing in primary, secondary and higher education. The majority of the population are living in rural areas still lack equitable access and quality of education. The number of schools and teachers tremendously increasing but the lack of standardization, crowded classrooms; high turnover and poor commitment of teachers towards their profession, poor school leadership, etc. are the major bottleneck. This paper concentrates on studying an overview of education reforms in Ethiopia, to analyse objectives, plans and strategies for improving the education system in Ethiopia, to give appropriate recommendations for upgrading the system of education in Ethiopia