Performance of the Higher Education Sub-Sector in Ethiopia

Abstract

Ethiopian higher education sub-sector has gone through a number of reforms during its more than six decade history. The sector recently becomes open for investment by the private sector. Major changes, in terms of budget allocation, enrollment in undergraduate and graduate programs, graduation and teaching staffs took place during the past one decade. This study attempted to study the trends in the sector based on secondary data from different official sources. The trends show that the sector is undergoing a major expansion and massification. The study shows that the sector has gone through these changes in a relatively short time. After the analysis of the recent trends in the sector the study makes some suggestions with respect to gender equity, policy stability and relevance and quality of higher education to be given appropriate attention so that the sector could have a healthy growth.