The Ministry of Education has today announced that all-round preparations are well underway to resume general education including in four universities in Tigray region.
Officials of the Ministry of Education and Interim Administration of Tigray Region as well as Presidents of Universities held a discussion on ways to resume education in the region.
Following the peace agreement reached in Pretoria between the government and TPLF, reconstruction efforts are being underway in addition to the restoration of basic services and the provision of humanitarian aid to the people in the region.
The government has also been implementing the peace agreement in a bid to allow the establishment of regional interim administration, disarm and integrate the armed forces, restore transport and resume education among other vital services.
According to the State Minister of Education, Dr. Samuel Kifle, efforts are being made to resume general education including in four universities in the region.
”We have studied the extent of damage on educational institutions, identified the issues needed to resume education and started preparations,” he said.
The Chief Administrator of Tigray Region Interim Administration, Getachew Reda, stated that although the damage caused by the conflict is huge, the efforts being made by the government to implement the peace agreement is encouraging.
He said that the government’s support in various ways to resume education as quickly as possible and the commitment it has been demonstrating in this regard will motivate the interim administration to do more work.
The President of Addis Ababa University and Government Universities Cooperation Forum, Professor Tassew Woldehanna, on his part said higher educational institutions should repeat their effective problem solving measures by strengthening cooperation.
The cooperation that Ethiopian universities have demonstrated to Wolo, Woldiya and Meqdela Amba Universities after they were damaged during the war should be repeated to the universities in Tigray, he stressed pledging to play their part to the effective implementation of the peace agreement.
Education Bureau Head of Tigray Interim Administration, Dr. Kiros Guesh called on all to exert effort to make the damaged educational institutions ready for teaching and learning activities.
He called upon all Ethiopians to play their role in supporting the reconstruction of schools in the region.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency