ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AAITAAU ROLE OF

ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AAIT-AAU ROLE OF EDUCATION FOR POVERTY REDUCTION (CASE ETHIOPIA) 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 1 OCT, 2018

ETHIOPIA CRADLE OF HUMAN LIFE 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 2 single three-foot-tall female who lived 3. 2 million years ago

ETHIOPIA ANCIENT CIVILIZATION; AXUM , LALIBELA, GONDAR 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 3 NATURE, and DIVERSITY

ETHIOPIA – ADDIS ABABA ADDIS ATTRACTIONS 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T Addis Ababa University 4 Activities, Great Run

ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY § Established in 1950 with an initial name University College of Addis Ababa (UCAA) § The oldest and the largest higher learning institution in Ethiopia. § Beginning with an enrolling capacity of 33 students in 1950 § AAU has now a total enrolment of 50, 493 students ü 33, 940 undergraduate, ü 14, 800 graduate and 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 5 ü 1753 Ph. D

1953: Imperial College of Engineering was established. The Engineering Education in Ethiopia was started Intermediate engineering programs [2 – 3 years] Intermediate graduates were sent abroad to get their B. Sc. Degree 1958 : Four-year degree program Later years, it became five years program 1969: The former Ethio-Swedish Institute of Building College and the College of Engineering merged to form the Faculty of Technology 2010: Upgraded to Addis Ababa Institute of Technology 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 6 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

ROLE OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOPMENT § Economists have shown that education plays a key role in economic growth in terms of , reducing poverty, increased productivity, efficiency and improved income and socialization or social integration. § Economic development – is highly dependent on the education and the Human resource capital § Globally we have examples who proved this simple concept 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 7 § A lot can be learned from the experiences of South Korea, China, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia….

8 KNOWLEDGE IS A KEY FACTOR IN EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POVERTY AND WEALTH

ROLE OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOPMENT § Ethiopia through its education policy and development of Human resource capital is planning to joint the lower middle income countries by 2025 § Lots of efforts have been geared to access, relevance, equity and quality? 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 9 § The education policy was aligned with the development agendas of the nation

ROLE OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOPMENT § Ethiopia through its education policy and development of Human resource capital is planning to joint the lower middle income countries by 2025 § Massive Education sector expansion has been achieved 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 10 § As a result, a double digit economic growth has been achieved in the country for more than a decade

EXISTING CHALLENGES ON EDUCATION POLICY § Although much has been achieved through the Education policy, there are still enormous challenges in terms of access, equity, Quality, and relevance § My view – Lack of contextualized education policy § Base of Education in Ethiopia 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T Religion Jesuit Persists (16 th century) Missionaries – 1812 Modern Education formally started in 1898 11 § §

CHALLENGES ON GENERAL EDUCATION § Access to preschool education is almost nil § Inequality of the available access § Quality 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 12 § Lower than the UNESCO standard and SSA average

2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 13 PRE SCHOOL EDUCATION PARTICIPATION LEVEL

2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 14 UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION

2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 15 REFERENCE TO UNESCO STANDARD

PRIMARY EDUCATION - ACCESS 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 16 § Primary education second cycle - participation

PRIMARY EDUCATION - ACCESS § According to UNESCO report - > 264 Million children are not joining primary school § On third this number comes from Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Sudan and Indonesia 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 17 § Critical among female, disadvantaged people, native tribes

2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 18 SECONDARY SCHOOL

2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 19 UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION

2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 20 NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL

EDUCATION FOR FARMERS § Played an important role for reduction of poverty and improvement of livelihood 2/24/2021 2017 - AAi. T 21 § 83 % engaged on farming