SE Asia Study Tour Ethiopia Report

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SE Asia Study Tour- Ethiopia Report
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Ethiopia Main Ideas

• Education should be linked to the demands of the
  labor force and requirements for realizing the
  social and economic long-term goals of the
  country.
• Curricula should be continuously revised in
  anticipation of the changing social and economic
  needs of society.
• Vision of and mission for the education system
  /institution needs to be issued by leaders, and
  adopted and employed by all stakeholders.

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Ethiopia Main Ideas

• Standards of quality for teaching, learning and
  management must be created, adopted and enforced
  with appropriate accountability measures.
• Expansion of the system should be sequential and
  holistic, with appropriate attention to standards
  of quality, and principles of equity.

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Ethiopia Main Ideas

• Importance of on-going self-assessment through
  international and internal comparison against
  progress of other countries and self-standards.

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Ethiopia- Action Plan

• Develop an ICT Education Master Plan that will
  provide strategic directives for developing
  appropriate programs that will support more
  effective instruction. (by end of 2006) Donor
  assistance requested for TA
• Design a School Improvement Program that will
  develop and integrate elements of quality
  standards for teaching-learning and management,
  and a performance accountability program that is
  linked to a revised system of career development
  and incentives. (by June 2007) Donor assistance
  requested for TA

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Ethiopia Action Plan

• Conduct a comprehensive review of the structure,
  content and delivery of secondary education in
  response to rapid expansion of the primary cycle
  and changing labor force demands. (March 2007
  for the ARM) Donor assistance requested to be
  coordinated by WB
• Conduct a review of labor force demand and
  identify implications for the education sector,
  in particular for post-primary education.
  Develop an on-going system for monitoring labor
  force needs. (July 2007) World Bank providing
  TA and leadership.

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Ethiopia- Action Plan

• Design a national plan and implement mechanisms
  for strengthening system monitoring and for
  evaluating attainment of quality standards in
  management, instruction and learning achievement.
  (Sept. 2007) Donor assistance requested for TA.
• Develop a national guideline for the production
  and distribution of textbooks that are affordable
  and effective. (Dec. 2006) Donor TA is in
  process.