Addressing educational attainment inequities in rural Ethiopia: Leave no adolescent behind
The article draws on qualitative research on 150 girls and boys, along with their caregivers and key informants
Abstract
The article draws on qualitative research on 150 girls and boys aged 10–19 years, along with their caregivers and key informants, in communities from three diverse regions in Ethiopia: pastoralist Afar, highland Amhara, and lowland Oromia.
Findings
Although Ethiopia has made remarkable progress in increasing secondary enrolment since 2000, intersecting barriers put vulnerable adolescents’ educational opportunities at risk. Children and adolescents from poor households, those with disabilities, and who are internally displaced, out‐of‐school or working face a range of challenges at the household, community and system levels. These barriers are also shaped by gender norms that restrict adolescent girls’ and boys’ education, often in contrasting ways.
This article is an output of the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme
Citation
Devonald, M, Jones, N, Yadete, W. Addressing educational attainment inequities in rural Ethiopia: Leave no adolescent behind. Dev Policy Rev. 2020; 00: 1– 17. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12523
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Addressing educational attainment inequities in rural Ethiopia: Leave no adolescent behind