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What this says to a student choosing a field this week
This is the part of the study that is worth reading before ጳጉሜን 05. Students studying the field they had put first passed at a higher rate. Health, engineering and natural science recorded high pass rates. Social science, business and education recorded low ones.
That is a reason to rank honestly rather than tactically. The choice is open until the last day of the Ethiopian year and Choosing a university and a field covers how the portal handles it.
The pass rates
| Where | Passed | Note |
|---|---|---|
| All institutions | 33.1 per cent | 66.9 per cent did not pass |
| Public universities | Over 52.7 per cent | More than 128,000 candidates failed |
| Private institutions | 14.8 per cent | The highest failure rate recorded |
| Three private institutions | Nobody | No student passed in any programme, the study says |
What happens to a graduate who does not pass
Without a certificate, the study reports, 64 per cent of those who failed could not be taken on either temporarily or permanently. It describes serious anxiety, and shaming by family, neighbours and friends. Over 94 per cent ended up dependent on their families.
Of the 6,030 students who took part in the study, 1,380 had failed between one and five times. Twenty universities were covered, 13 public and seven private.
How other countries handle it
The presenter said the international cases the study looked at mostly do not run an exit exam across every programme, applying it instead to selected ones. Ethiopia, he said, is the country that began applying it to all programmes. The Ministry took that route because graduates were leaving higher education without being ready for employment, and it took on the responsibility of improving the quality behind that.
Sources
Every figure and date above comes from one of these. Open them; a story about your child's school is worth checking.