In 2023, Ethiopia had a total school-aged population of 35,444,482 children, about 52% of them primary school-aged. In the same year, only 22,949,597 children were enrolled in schools, leaving ...

Over nine million children are currently out of school across Ethiopia due to conflict, violence and natural disasters, with more than 6,000 schools shut down, according to the United Nations.

In early January 2025, the Amhara regional state government also asked stakeholders to help reopen closed schools. In Ethiopia's federal structure, the education ministry sets national policies ...

Under GEQIP-E, 64 refugee schools were integrated into Ethiopia’s national education system for the first time, benefiting over 167,000 refugee students. This milestone aligned with the country’s ...

Harvard University is challenging President Donald Trump’s move to block foreign students from coming to the United States to ...

Protection of education from attack Attacks on schools increased in 2020 and 2021 in Ethiopia, during the conflict in northern Ethiopia, according to the Global Coalition to Protect Education from ...

Before 1991, Ethiopia had a centralised unitary government that suppressed diversity. It restricted ethnic groups from using their languages in official settings and schools. Ethiopian federalism ...

"We mark a significant milestone in this journey as we witness the delivery of the latest ICT equipment to secondary schools across Ethiopia," said Dr. Rita Bissoonauth, Director, UNESCO Liaison ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, for instance, only 1 in 10 schools have waste bins in the bathroom to dispose of sanitary pads, the UNICEF report says. One in three Ethiopian girls wait until they go home ...