Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged citizens to participate in school improvement campaign as part of building a competitive nation.
Officially launching the Education for Generations campaign today, Abiy said the campaign to maintain the standards of schools is part of the process of building a competitive country and requires the participation of citizens.
The Ministry of Education has planned to improve the standards of more than 50,000 schools across Ethiopia through the campaign.
During the launching ceremony, the premier recalled that Ethiopians in the past had made relentless efforts to expand modern education, creating opportunities for citizens to access to education, despite not to the required level. The Prime Minister noted that the schools nationwide are far behind to fulfill infrastructure facilities required for the learning-teaching process.
Stating that the world is changing rapidly, he noted that building a competitive country in a dynamic world is possible through investing on education.
In this regard, following the national reform, the government has been making efforts to build better schools and make them accessible to the citizens.
The campaign is organized in such a way that activities will be carried out for the future generation collaboratively to sustainably overcome the challenges facing the country, he said.
To this end, the premier called on all those who had gone to schools in any corner of the country to make to contributions to their schools.
You should support the education campaign to scale up schools with ideas, money, and labor, he pointed out. Education Minister, Birhanu Nega said unfavorable conditions for learning and teaching process in schools is one of the reasons identified by the ministry for poor quality of education in the country.
He pointed out that over 86 percent of primary and secondary schools nationwide have no conducive infrastructure facilities for learning and teaching.
According to him, this has hindered citizens from getting opportunities and serve their country in various fields.
Birhanu mentioned that it may take over 30 years, if overcoming the challenge is left to the government alone, thus calling for the involvement of the society is necessitated.
Athlete Haile Gebreselase, who is one of the benevolent investors in schools recalled that many students in rural Ethiopia study in shelters.
This should not be allowed to continue, Haile stressed, adding that working on education is to build a better Ethiopia for all.
In this regard, helping the education campaign and improve the standards of the schools is a great deed and pleasure, Haile said. Artist Zeleke Gesese, who has built 30 schools in Ethiopia so far, shared his experience that building the schools together with the society is crucial to solve the challenges sustainably.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency