ADDIS ABABA – The Ministry of Education (MoE) underlined that concerted effort is required to overcome capacity and infrastructural challenges to ensure quality education.
The above statement was made by Education State Minister Ayelech Eshete yesterday at the 11th International Annual Quality Education Conference that was held under the theme “Go public fund education,” organized by the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA).
In her opening speech, Ayelech said that quality education required combined effort and committemnet. In this regard, some 25 billion Birr was collected to improve schools in a move to ensure quality education as per the government initiation.
According to her, Ethiopia has been challenged by lack of quality education over the past many years so that the government has established education, training, and policy carriculum to realize the expected result in education arena.
Education is the secret behind the success of the developed nations. Therefore, realizing home grown knowledge is crucial to end the education problems as well, she added.
Similarly, the ministry is working in close with ETA to address many constraints in education sphere.
ETA’s President Yohannes Benti (PhD) on his part said that the association that has over 700,000 members, has been working for years to ensure quality education in Ethiopia through conducting researches and carrying out conferences and so on.
According to him, shortage of competent teachers, presence of fake education documents, poor school quality and the likes are serious challenges that are hindering to realize quality education across Ethiopia.
Not only Ethiopia but also many countries across the globe have been encountering lack of quality education. Therefore, it needs stakeholders’ integration to reduce the problem working with joint effort, he added.
Presenting a discussion paper on the conference, Education International Africa Director, Dennis Sinyolo (PhD) indicated that lack of adequate infrastructure is notable challenge to meet quality education in the African continent.
He also added that combined effort is an urgent issue to achieve agenda 2063, which poised to ensure quality and inclusive education for all citizens.
BY MESERET BEHAILU
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2024
