THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN ETHIOPIA: A MISSING PIECE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PUZZLE
Abstract
Today educational disparity between the sexes is one of the critical Issues in the development of education in the Third World Countries. This hort
article surveys the status of women's education in Ethiopia prior to 1974. Attempt is made to show that in traditional Ethiopia women had heen excluded
from getting church and koranic education. and al 'o 'illce the introduction of modern education into the country. at the turn of the century, their
participation rate at the various levels of the educational system has been very minima/. Furthermore, the study tries to highlight that the participation of
women in education is a criticalfactor in the development equation.
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2. UNESCO, Conference of African States on Development of Education in Africa: Final Report, Addis Ababa; May 1961, pp. 2~3.
3. UNICEF, International Year of the Child Data Sheet, 1979.
4. Girma Amare, "Aims and Purposes of Church Education in Ethiopia", The Ethiopian Journal of Education, Vol. I No.1, 1967. p. I.
s. Gobat, Samuel, Journai of Three Years Residence in Ethiopia, London: 1934, pp. 312-313.
6. Merab, P.Impressionsd'Ethiopie, Paris: 1929, p. 347.
7. Bairu Tafla, "Education of the Ethiopian Makwanent in the Nineteenth Century" , The Ethiopian Journal of Education, Vol. VI, No. I, June 1973, P. 19.
8. Girma, op. cit., p. 2.
9. Kene- Religious poetry based on the use of "Wax and-gold" figures.
10. Aleme Eshete, "Foreign Educated Ethiopians Before 1889", The Ethiopian Journal of Education, Vol. VI, No. 1,1973, pp. 115-148.
11. Bairu, op. cit., p. 19.
12. Solomon Inquai and others, "Educational Opportunities in Ethiopia". Education Sector Review, Addis Ababa: July 1972, p. 12.
Published
1986-06-07
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