Analysis: Students, Families opt to enroll in private universities due to security concerns; Ministry hints public universities will be ready in two weeks
By Etenesh Abera
Addis Abeba, April 27, 2021 – According to the Ministry of Education (MoE), more than 358,000 students took the national university entrance exam to pursue higher education in the upcoming academic year 2020/21 (2013 E.C.). In Addis Abeba alone more than 23,560 have taken the exam. The Ministry of Science and Higher education (MoSHE) announced that 147,640 students will be expected to join 47 government universities.
From the data
Addis Standard obtained from MoSHE website for the current academic year, students will be distributed to all five different universities registered under MoSHE: research, applied science, general, science and technology and technical universities and according to MoSHE ready to accept students. .