ACTION PLAN

ETHIOPIA
THEME 1
Changes in Higher Education and TVET

Courses to prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

and Digital Economy
Curriculum Review
Based on the demand of the future labor market and
international experience: Singapore, China, Vietnam…

New common courses that can prepare students for the 4th
Industrial Revolution for all students
• Emerging technologies
• Mathematics
• Critical and logical thinking
• Communicative skills
• Entrepreneurship
 Basic digital literacy
• Making a new directive to make public universities to provide
digital literacy training over the weekend and in the evening
as a community service.
THEME 2: PLANNING AHEAD
• Road map that can lead the Higher Education and TVET sectors for the
coming 15 years
• Amendment of the exiting Higher Education Proclamation and
• The TVET strategy
• University/TVET-Industry Relation Incentive Strategy
• The investment: Study/survey/research, infrastructure, reskilling
• Fund raising
How could we improve knowledge
sharing?
• Develop a digital platform
• Workshops, conferences, study visit exchanges

Other ministries to work with?

• Ministry of Education and Ministry of Innovation and Technology

• Monitor progress in implementation

How do you monitor progress?

• Set annual target and evaluate performance at the end of the year