Education and Training in Ethiopia An Evaluation of Approaching EFA Goals
Education and Training in Ethiopia - Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos
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GTZ has been runn<strong>in</strong>g an environmental protection education project <strong>in</strong> the primaryschools <strong>of</strong> Oromiya Region.The most favourite areas <strong>of</strong> development <strong>in</strong> <strong>Ethiopia</strong> have been primary education <strong>and</strong>particularly curriculum <strong>and</strong> staff development <strong>and</strong> teacher tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g. Although secondaryeducation is essential <strong>in</strong> educat<strong>in</strong>g teachers, develop<strong>in</strong>g general secondary education gotthe least attention.Both the F<strong>in</strong>nish <strong>and</strong> the other donor projects, with the exception <strong>of</strong> some local NGOprojects, have neglected the HIV/AIDS p<strong>and</strong>emic. However, the epidemic is kill<strong>in</strong>g greatnumbers <strong>of</strong> parents <strong>and</strong> teachers <strong>and</strong> there are no resources to make adequate provisionfor the orphaned children.5.5 Ma<strong>in</strong> Problems <strong>of</strong> the Sector5.5.1 AccessAccess to education, as <strong>in</strong>dicated by enrolment figures, is <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g. With the total GERpercentage <strong>of</strong> 64.4 <strong>in</strong> 2002-2003, <strong>Ethiopia</strong> is near<strong>in</strong>g the GER target <strong>of</strong> 70 per cent by 2004-2005. However, several million children still rema<strong>in</strong> out <strong>of</strong> schools <strong>in</strong> <strong>Ethiopia</strong>, a largerproportion <strong>of</strong> them be<strong>in</strong>g girls.There are not enough schools to deliver primary education for the masses although thenumber <strong>of</strong> schools has steadily <strong>in</strong>creased (see Figure 4).No <strong>of</strong> schools13 00012 00011 00010 0009 0008 0007 0006 0005 0004 0003 0002 0001 0000-90 -91 -92 -93 -94 -95 -96 -97 -98 -99 -00 -01 YearNo <strong>of</strong> schoolsSource: The figure is based on data from UNESCO, World data on education, 2000 <strong>and</strong> EMIS, <strong>Education</strong>Statistics <strong>An</strong>nual Abstract, 2001Figure 4. Number <strong>of</strong> schools <strong>in</strong> 1990-2001.5.5.2 Gender Parity <strong>and</strong> EqualityIt is important to <strong>in</strong>crease gender parity by narrow<strong>in</strong>g the gender gap <strong>in</strong> school enrolment.The ESDP II target for 2004/05 is to have a 43.3 per cent proportion <strong>of</strong> girls <strong>in</strong> the first-yearschool enrolment. The 2002/03 result, 41.2 per cent, is near<strong>in</strong>g the ESDP target (Jo<strong>in</strong>t51