Impacts of COVID-19 on the Ethiopian Education System
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Jun 15, 2020
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The outbreak of COVID-19 at the end of 2019 lifted 2020 of the world in turmoil. Now, the world is absolutely in a unique environment. In all corners, today, the scientific world accompanies huge consequences from the novel coronavirus. The economic, social, educational, and political aspects of the world get into the abnormal conditions. This paper aimed to provide the current stance of Ethiopia’s poorly equipped educational system, by focusing on the impacts of the novel Coronavirus in the provision of education and the government measures to alleviate problems, obstacles, challenges, and opportunities to adapt current reality.
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Keywords
Ethiopia, COVID-19, School Closure, Pandemic, Education
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Kidman, G. and Chan, C. H. (2020). What does “crisis” education look like? Int Res Geogra Environ Edu, 29(2):107-111.
Ministry of Health (2020). Ethiopia confirmed the first case of COVID-19 (online). Available at: http://www.moh.gov.et/ejcc/en/node/194
Reich, J., Buttimer, C. J., Fang, A., Hillaire, G., Hirsch, K., Larke, L., Littenberg-Tobias, J., Moussapour, R., Napier, A., Thompson, M. & Slama, R. (2020). Remote learning guidance from state education agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic: A first look. Available at: osf.io/k6zxy/
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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. (2007). The National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy and Strategy. Addis Ababa; Ethiopia. Available at: http://www.mcit.gov.et/documents/20181/22562/The+National+Information+and++Communication+Technology++%28ICT%29+Policy+and+Strategy/45d74e1f-6eff-4607-bba9-342462a7be13
UNESCO. (2020). COVID-19 Educational Disruption and Response (online). Available at: https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse
Wikipedia contributors. (2020, March 17). Internet in Ethiopia. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:29, April 13, 2020, Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Internet_in_Ethiopia&oldid=946033736%C2%A0
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How to Cite
Mengistie, T. A. (2020). Impacts of COVID-19 on the Ethiopian Education System. Science Insights Education Frontiers, 6(1), 569–578. https://doi.org/10.15354/sief.20.or011
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