By Selam Abraha and Mahelet Shewangzaw
Nowadays, the involvement of the youth in Ethiopia in different sectors, private and government alike, is growing from time to time. However, the youth still face many challenges, which in a way are pulling them back.
Unknown future
Even with the unprecedented expansion of education in Ethiopia, thousands of youth remain uneducated. Those who manage to get primary and secondary education, again, await a fate unknown in terms of higher eduacation as high school graduates are not allowed to choose the field of education they want to pursue or the university they want to attend.
Even with the unprecedented expansion of education in Ethiopia, thousands of youth remain uneducated. Those who manage to get primary and secondary education, again, await a fate unknown in terms of higher eduacation as high school graduates are not allowed to choose the field of education they want to pursue or the university they want to attend.
The government choose your study
The government allocates high school graduates to certain fields of education and certain universities based on the intake capacity of the departments within the universities and the grades of the graduates. Recent government policy that focuses on technology dictates that 70 % of high school graduates have to attend the fields within the natural sciences.
The government allocates high school graduates to certain fields of education and certain universities based on the intake capacity of the departments within the universities and the grades of the graduates. Recent government policy that focuses on technology dictates that 70 % of high school graduates have to attend the fields within the natural sciences.
Educated but with nothing to do
Be that as it may, those who manage to get higher education stand to face the bigger problem of unemployment, with an unemployment rate of about 50% for the youth aged 15 to 30 years old, according to an article titled "The Nature of Unemployment in Urban Ethiopia", available at http:/www.ideas.repec.org/p/wpa/wuwpdc/0409042.html.
Be that as it may, those who manage to get higher education stand to face the bigger problem of unemployment, with an unemployment rate of about 50% for the youth aged 15 to 30 years old, according to an article titled "The Nature of Unemployment in Urban Ethiopia", available at http:/www.ideas.repec.org/p/wpa/wuwpdc/0409042.html.
Study - and become a dish washer
Worse is the situation where university graduates leave the country in search of better wages, mostly in sectors that are way below their profiles. There are examples of Ethiopian university professors working as car washers or dish washers in the US.
Worse is the situation where university graduates leave the country in search of better wages, mostly in sectors that are way below their profiles. There are examples of Ethiopian university professors working as car washers or dish washers in the US.
More universities
Inspite of all this, the attempts to expand education and reduce unemployment as well as the growing activism of the youth stands to be appreciated: Today the government is opening schools in the rural areas and the number of universities all over the country has been increased from around 5 to about 33 government universities.
Inspite of all this, the attempts to expand education and reduce unemployment as well as the growing activism of the youth stands to be appreciated: Today the government is opening schools in the rural areas and the number of universities all over the country has been increased from around 5 to about 33 government universities.
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