ETHIOPIA’S TIGRAY PROVINCE WILL RESUME EDUCATION AFTER A THREE-YEAR BREAK

Sun 30 Apr 2023:

Primary and Secondary Schools in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region have resumed enrolling students. Addis Abeba, April 27

Primary and secondary schools in the area have begun registering pupils as they complete their final preparations to resume normal sessions, according to information released by the Tigray Education Bureau on Wednesday.

According to Dagnaw Aytegeb, communication director of the Tigray Education Bureau, students from pre-school to 12th grade are registering as regular education is set to commence on May 2.

He said remedial classes will also be given to students to make up for the education time lost during the conflict.

According to recent figures from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), almost 85 per cent of schools in Tigray are either partially or severely damaged as a result of the two-year conflict and need rehabilitation.

The OCHA, in its situation update issued earlier this month, stressed that accelerated learning activities are required for children who have been out of school for more than three years in the Tigray region.

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front and the Ethiopian government signed a permanent cessation of hostilities agreement on November 2, 2022, which was followed by the restoration of other basic services in the area, such as banking, telecommunication, and transportation.

The West Gojam and Awi Zones of Amhara are home to the majority of the 411,000 school-age children who urgently need access to basic amenities, according to the UN agency.

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