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This is one area where the government needs to assert itself as there is very little incentive for private businesses to invest in assets that have long term returns - such as the general education of the people. The government has recently made significant improvements by elevating the status of some of the more rural centers of Education to a 'university status'. These include Debub University, Bahir Dar University, Mekele University and Jimma University. This move will hopefully increase the funds allocated to Education in general in the country. It is refreshing to think that pupils will not necessarily have to travel to Addis Ababa from all corners of the country to get a decent education. But the lack of any private universities serves as a testament that the country is far behind in developing its educational infrastructure.

Thousands of primary and secondary schools serve to lay the foundation for human resources development in the country. There are also number of foreign community schools in Addis Ababa. Currently, English, American, French, German, Italian, Greek and Indian community schools are offering kindergarten, elementary, junior secondary and senior secondary education with acceptable international standards. In fact, a number of the graduates of these secondary schools find themselves in the elite universities of the West.

Sources Utilized: The Ethiopian Embassy in Washington, D.C.