The low number of students who passed the 2014 grade 12 national exit exam in Ethiopia has sparked concern among government officials and education experts. According to a report by local newspaper Addis Maleda, only 28,000 students out of the 980,000 who took the exam scored above 50%. This means that only three percent of the students who took the exam passed, a significant decline from previous years. The exam, which was administered in a special way in order to prevent cheating and improve the quality of education, was taken by students seeking entrance to the country’s more than 50 … Continue reading Only 3% of Ethiopian Students Score Above 50% on National Exit Exam