Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Outline
• Interface between
relegion and education
– Education begun with the
entry of christainaity in
Ethiopia in the 4th Century
A.D
– The Ethiopian Orthodox
Church was (in some
instances, still is)
responsible for the
education of the population
(Wagaw 1979; Negash
1990).
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Influencial Personalities
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Father of the Empire- Emperor Haileselassie I
*As soon as modern education started, foreign teachers were hired from Egypt (Coptic 12
Orthodox Christians)
Teacher Education Today
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Structure & System of Education
Secondary – II (2 yrs)
Secondary- I (2 yrs)
Primary ( 8 yrs)
Nursery + Kindergarten
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Structure and System of Education…….cont‘d
• It is undertaken only in
Government Institutions
Secondary Teachers.…23
Universities
Diploma • Diploma
– 10 + 3 years
Teach Grades: 5-8
Degree + Postgraduate
Diploma • PGDE (postgradute Dip in Ed.)
– B.A. /B. Sc + 1 year Diploma
Teach in Secondary
School
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Overview (Source: Ministry of Education Annual Abstract, 2009)
Kinderg. Primary Secondary TTI/TTC** University
Enrollment 263,464 15,340,786 1, 502, 133 263, 001
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Proportional Representation: Gender Issues
Total (%)
Female
Male
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Male Female Total (%)
Secondary 88.4 11.6 100
Primary 62.9 37.1 100
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Source: Ministry of Education Annual Abstract, 2009
Current Qualification of teachers (as of 2009)
• The training for primary school teachers is very short and leaves a
lot to be desired in terms of the quality of candidates.
• Kindergarten teacher training is left for the private sector and quality
is believed to be even poorer except in few prestigious elite
Kindergartens. 23
Key problems
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Challanges of teacher education and teachers
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Future Research (knowledge gap)
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Future Research ….cont’d
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References
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