The Ministry of Education ( am, ትምህርት ሚኒሰቴር) is a

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Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

, focusing in the governance and policies of

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

. It is headquartered in

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Sub-City,

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

. It is responsible for overseeing the teaching and learning process throughout the country from

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education to higher secondary school education. It regulates the general

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of public schools and also sets the precedent for private schools. In addition the ministry is the responsible for the

Ethiopian National Exam The Ethiopian General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (EGSECE) is a nationwide exam in Ethiopia that is given to students after final year of secondary school education. Students take EGSECE usually for transferring to 11th grade or co ...

s. The department also has, in accord with Ethiopian law, the authority to regulate all institutions of learning to a certain limited extent.

History

The Ministry of Education established during the reign of

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Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I ( gez, ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, ; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (' ...

in 1930 under ''Blattengetta'' Sahlu Sedalu, a former graduate of the

Menelik II School Menelik II School ( Amharic: ዳግማዊ ምኒሊክ ትምህርት ቤት) comprises primary (elementary) and secondary (high school) institutions. The primary school was established in 1908 by the order of Emperor Menelik II, being the first ...

. The First Secretary of the Ministry was ''Ato'' Kidina Mariam Aberra. The Ministry was then allotted 2 per cent of the treasury's revenue, in addition to a special education tax. On 6 October 2021, the

Ministry of Science and Higher Education {{Unreferenced, date=March 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) A Ministry of Higher Education is a government department that focuses on the provision or regulation of institutions of higher education. In some countries these exist as ministries compounde ...

(MoSHE) was dissolved and merged to MoE, which was established two years prior on 16 August 2018.

References

External links

Ethiopian Ministry of Education

Ethiopian Ministry of Education
Government of Ethiopia Education ministries Government ministries of Ethiopia {{edu-org-stub