Improving the Performance of Ethiopian Universities in Science and Technology
The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has demonstrated commitment to expand higher education science and technology (S and T) programs to spur and support its growth and transformation agenda. Ethiopia has made a tremendous advance in access to higher e...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/687231505250026457/Improving-the-performance-of-Ethiopian-universities-in-science-and-technology-a-policy-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28489 |
| Summary: | The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has
demonstrated commitment to expand higher education science
and technology (S and T) programs to spur and support its
growth and transformation agenda. Ethiopia has made a
tremendous advance in access to higher education over the
past decade. This rapid expansion, however, has raised
concerns about quality. Many students are entering
universities with a low level of academic preparation and a
weak mastery of English. Qualified faculty are in short
supply, especially in science and technology. The higher
education relevance and quality agency (HERQA) was
established in 2003 to implement a quality assurance system
for higher education, but it lacks the resources to carry
out its mission. The purpose of this report is to identify
the main challenges facing the sector and propose a policy
agenda to address them. The analysis is based on information
from the ministries of education and of S and T of Ethiopia,
a review of relevant literature from Ethiopia and elsewhere,
and an analysis of data and information collected from
stakeholders at public and private universities through
semi-structured interviews. The report contains five
chapters. Chapter one presents background information and
the study’s methodology. Chapter two provides broader
analysis of demand for skills, graduate employability,
feedback from employers on skill supply, and the
relationship with the economy at large. The third chapter
analyzes the recent developments in S and T higher
education. Chapter four assesses the research performance of
Ethiopian universities. Chapter five summarizes the key
reform options and policy measures to improve the
performance of the higher education S and T system. |
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