On the ground floor of Addis Abeba Institute of Technology (AAiT) hall, a quiet examination room awaited senior-year students tentatively making their way to take the model exit exam. The bright room had 12 computers, with three administrators kee...
Freshly turned 18-year-old Alador Fitsum has been head over heels in sports since childhood. Growing up in a family of football enthusiasts, he was fortunate to spend most of his breaks outdoors. Alador joined Feedel Youth Football Academy as a wing player parallel to his school work two years ago. His passion grew to pursue football as a career alternative, with plans to go to the UK next year. His mother Yenenesh Fantahun, observed her children's growing interest and enrolled her five ye...
Schools are back in session, but parents find themselves burdened by the rising education costs. Some have opted for public schooling for their children, but even that is proving challenging. As the C...
In a twist of academic fate, community schools in Ethiopia are now at the forefront of the country's educational metamorphosis, overshadowing their public and private counterparts in recent school leaving examinations. The data from the last assessment indicates a near-zero failure rate among these community institutions β starkly contrasting with the alarming failure statistics from public establishments. Even private institutions, despite their steep tuition fees, lag behind this new wave...
The beginning of the school year has become a source of anxiety for parents such as Tsige Bedada, a 39-year-old single mother befuddled on how to pay for items her children need. With her fluctuating income as a tailor that hovers around 3,000 Br...
The Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce is launching an Amharic e-learning course on the African Continental Free Trade Area to boost awareness among local businesses. Officials say most Ethiopian firms lack knowledge on how to seize opportunities from tariff-free trade under the world's largest free trade zone.
The poor showing of undergraduate students of Ethiopian universities in the first-ever exit examination tests have elicited the predictable reactions. Of the 150,184 eligible...
Hailemariam Desalegn knows firsthand the hardship of Ethiopia's highest office. In 2018, resigning as prime minister, he said only those in the job understand...