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Secondary Education in Ethiopia: Supporting Growth and Transformation
Author(s): Rajendra Joshi (Author), Adriaan Verspoor (Author)
- Publisher: World Bank Publications
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 260 pages
- ISBN-10: 0821397273
- ISBN-13: 9780821397275
Book Description
Becoming a middle-income economy is an explicit development goal of many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This book assesses the implications of that goal for secondary education in Ethiopia. It shows that a rapid expansion of secondary education will be needed to support the country’s transition from a low-income economy with substantial subsistence agriculture to a lower-middle-income economy with an increased share of commercial agriculture, as well as growing industrial and service sectors. As Ethiopia moves towards this goal, the demand for a labor force with skills beyond basic literacy and numeracy will increase, which in turn will fuel demand for secondary education.
