Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) in Ethiopia
Project summary
In recent years Ethiopia has rapidly expanded primary school enrolment to achieve near-universal attendance. Yet learning levels are poor and appear to have stalled in recent years. Despite national efforts to improve access to quality education girls from poorer backgrounds and rural and pastoralist areas particularly continue to face problems in completing primary school and learning once in school.
As part of the international Research for Improving Systems of Education (RISE) programme the REAL Centre is co-leading the RISE research in Ethiopia together with the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) Ethiopia. The team is conducting a five-year research project to examine whether and how a large package of national reforms works to improve learning equitably in one of the world’s poorest and most diverse countries.
The Ethiopia RISE project is examining the Government’s flagship education programme funded by international aid donors the General Education Quality Improvement Package with a focus on equity (GEQIP-E). GEQIP-E is a complex and evolving series of reforms intended to facilitate sustainable improvements in learning. The research team is seeking to understand the nature of the political levers brought about by the policy change the ingredients of sustainability and ultimately the effectiveness of the reform package.
Research team
Principal Investigator and Research Team Lead: Professor Tassew Woldehanna
International Research Team Lead: Professor Pauline Rose
Research Management Lead: Professor Ricardo Sabates
Researchers: Professor Amare Asgedom; Dr Alebel Bayrau Weldesilassie; Dr Tessa Bold; Dr Belay Hagos Hailu; Professor John Hoddinott; Professor Girma Lemma Fantaye; Professor Moses Oketch; Dr Alula Pankhurst; Dr Caine Rolleston; Professor Tirussew Teferra; Professor Darge Wole Meshesha; Dr Louise Yorke
Research Project Support: Anita Menon-Harding
Country Partners: Institute of Educational Research at Addis Ababa University; Policy Studies Institute (PSI) Ethiopia; Stockholm University; University College London Institute of Education
Duration
April 2017 - December 2022
Funder
Australian Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT); Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO); via Oxford Policy Management
Publications
Understanding achievement in numeracy among primary school children in Ethiopia: Evidence from RISE Ethiopia study
Tiruneh D. Hoddinott J. Rolleston C. Sabates R. and Woldehanna T. 2021
RISE Working Paper Series 21/071.
Disadvantaged schools and students in Ethiopia: Why is the GEQIP-E reform necessary?
Tiruneh D. Sabates R. and Woldehanna T. 2021
RISE Programme Insights.
Researching socio-emotional learning mental health and wellbeing: Methodological issues in low-income contexts
Bayley S. Wole Meshesha D. Yorke L. Ramchandani P. and Rose P. 2021
RISE Working Paper Series. 21/068
Negotiating equity: Examining priorities ownership and politics shaping Ethiopia’s large-scale education reforms for equitable learning
Asgedom A. Carvalho S. and Rose P. 2021
RISE Working Paper No. 21/067
Primary school-level responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: Evidence from phone surveys of school principals and teachers
Yorke L. Rose R. Woldehanna T. and Hailu B. H. March 2021
Perspectives in Education Vol. 39 Number 1
The importance of students’ socio-emotional learning mental health and wellbeing in the time of COVID-19
Yorke L. Rose P. Bayley S. Wole D. and Ramchandani P. March 2021
RISE Programme Insights
The effects of COVID-19 on primary education in Ethiopia: Perspectives of school principals and teachers
Yorke L. Rose P. Hagos B. and Woldehanna T. 2020
Research and Policy Paper No. 20/10
A rising tide of access: What consequences for equitable learning in Ethiopia?
Iyer P. Rolleston C. Rose P. and Woldehanna T. 2020
Oxford Review of Education 46
Evaluating large-scale education reforms in Ethiopia
Hoddinott J. Iyer P. Sabates. R and Woldehanna T. 2019
RISE Working Paper No. 19/034
Whose Influence and whose priorities? Insights from government and donor stakeholders on the design of the Ethiopian General Education Quality Improvement for Equity (GEQIP-E) programme
Asgedom A. Hagos B. Lemma G. Rose P. Teferra T. Wole D. and Yorke L. 2019
Insights RISE Programme
Coherent for equitable learning? Understanding the Ethiopian education system
Iyer P. and Rossiter J. 2018
Insights RISE Programme
Blogs
Disability and learning in Ethiopia: What has changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh Nidhi Singal Ricardo Sabates and Tirussew Teferra RISE Programme 12 May 2021
Learning inequalities widen following COVID-19 school closures in Ethiopia
Janice Kim Pauline Rose Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh Ricardo Sabates and Tassew Woldehanna Rise Programme 4 May 2021
Practical and ethical challenges of doing distance research in the Global South during a global pandemic
Louise Yorke Janice Kim Belay Hagos Hailu and Chanie Ejigu Berhie RISE Programme 16 April 2021
Supporting students’ socio-emotional learning mental health and wellbeing during and beyond COVID-19
Louise Yorke RISE Programme 15 March 2021
What are the challenges for reopening schools in Ethiopia? Perspectives of school principals and teachers
Louise Yorke Pauline Rose Tassew Woldehanna and Belay Hagos Hailu Cambridge Africa 18 September 2020
Reflections on support available for vulnerable students in Ethiopia
Yisak Tafere RISE 6 August 2020
Education response to COVID-19: How can basic education be implemented in Ethiopia?
Belay Hagos Hailu UKFIET 11 May 2020
The threat of COVID-19 on Ethiopia’s recent gains in pre-primary education
Janice Kim and Pauline Rose UKFIET 4 May 2020
COVID-19 school closures may further widen the inequality gaps between the advantaged and the disadvantaged in Ethiopia
Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh UKFIET 21 April 2020
Whose influence and whose priorities? The design of Ethiopia’s general education quality improvement programme- EQUITY (GEQIP-E)
Pauline Rose and Louise Yorke RISE Programme 2019
Listening to local voices to tackle Ethiopia's learning crisis
Louise Yorke Pauline Rose and Belay Hagos Hailu RISE Programme 2019
What will it take to raise learning outcomes for all children in Ethiopia? Translating commitment into action through evidence
Pauline Rose and Tassew Woldehanna RISE Programme 2017
Launch event highlights the need for alignment in Ethiopia’s education system reform programme
Tassew Woldehanna and Louise Yorke RISE Programme 2017
Further information
See the RISE Programme website for further information: The RISE Programme.
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