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Title: | Alternative Path of Increasing the Intake Capacity of Higher Education in Ethiopia: Challenges and Direction |
Authors: | Zewdie, Eylachew (PhD) |
Keywords: | HEIs,Intake Capacity,Challenges, Direction, Ethiopia |
Issue Date: | Aug-2008 |
Publisher: | ST. MARY UNIVERSITY |
Abstract: | Ethiopia must substantially increase higher education student intake and improve access. To
fulfill this national demand there must be a common understanding that the public higher
education institutes do not have an exclusive responsibility for higher education performance and
private sector must also play a role. This paper examines student intake situation of Ethiopian
higher education. The key argument of this paper is that higher education in Ethiopia is being in
reality privatized. However, day to day activity of higher education system has remained the same
like the old days. Instead of bringing a comprehensive education reform, the public higher
education institution initiative remains hostage to the discretionary actions of the state. The state
policy should focus on the linkage between higher education and society and use the linkage to
create condition for society to have equal access in both private and public HEIs through
formulation of policy guideline. The possible policy postures could be: Central-planning or
Market-competitiveness. Central-planning, is one where private institutions are treated by the
state much like the public with respect to enrollment through creation of the University of
Affiliation; whereas in market-competitiveness both private and public HEIs will compete to have
better enrollment of students. The state encourages only the competition by gathering and
disseminating comparative information about institutions characteristics and performance. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2183 |
Appears in Collections: | Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Private Higher Education Institutions (PHEIs) in Ethiopia
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