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鈥�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鈥� educational opportunities at risk. Children and adolescents from poor households, those with disabilities, and who are internally displaced, out鈥恛f鈥恠chool 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鈥� and boys鈥� education, often in contrasting ways.
This article is an output of the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme
Citation
Devonald, M,聽Jones, N,聽Yadete, W.聽Addressing educational attainment inequities in rural Ethiopia: Leave no adolescent behind.聽Dev Policy Rev.聽2020;聽00:聽1鈥撀�17.聽https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12523