The Backyard of Modern Education and Training in Ethiopia: Reflection on Socio-Political and Professional Landslides in Policies and Practices

Endalew Fufa Kufi

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The Backyard of Modern Education and Training in Ethiopia: Reflection on Socio-Political and Professional Landslides in Policies and Practices

Endalew Fufa Kufi^*

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Abstract

Education, as an instrument of change, needs to be means for economic, social and political progresses at national and international levels. In attempting to use education for social advancement, countries face a lot of challenges both at policy and practice levels. Ethiopian modern education and the consequent social progresses seem to have faced overriding challenges in policy and practice, since internal ideological stringency and external pressure for modernization have risen to give a triggering shape to the education system in curricular and instructional undertakings. This review focused on revisiting challenges of education policy and practices in Ethiopia through parallel explication of professionalization and politicization. Professionalization was explicated from the role of teachers and teaching in nation-building whereas politicization was seen from the point flexibility in governance and pressurizing sphere of change at different epochs. For the materialization of the study, systematic desk-review of policy documents, education sector reviews and proclamations was made on the professional and political landslides of Ethiopian Education. The study is expected to help policy makers and researchers to understand the visibly upcoming balance between political and the professional landscape of Ethiopia, on the basis of serving societal needs through education.

Published in	Higher Education Research (Volume 9, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.her.20240906.16
Page(s)	186-194
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Backyard, Ethiopian, Education, Politicization, Professionalization

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College of Education and Behavioural Science, Arsi University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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