Assessment on the Quality of Ethiopian Higher Education Using the Perspectives of the Working Environment; The Case of Addis Ababa University Graduates
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2017-06
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Damena, Leulsenaye
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Addis Ababa University
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Ethiopia is investing a significant portion of its national income on education in general and higher education in particular. This study tried to assess the quality of Ethiopian higher education using the perspectives of the working environment. The objective of the study is to explore what employers have to say about their graduate employees, employees‘ perspectives towards their higher education experience and finally creating a connection between these point of views and quality of Ethiopian higher education. For the sake of its success, purposive sampling was implemented along with the use of interview and questionnaire for data collection. Questionnaires were distributed to employees so as to reach out many respondents and interviews were conducted with owners, general and human resource managers. The collected data were analyzed in a mixed research manner. So as to analyze the questionnaires, simple descriptive statics and results from the interviews were used to the support the discussion parts. The findings demonstrate that quality of education has a tight relationship with the working environment and Ethiopian higher education is failing in equipping graduates with essential skills like practical knowledge, entrepreneurship and business awareness. It is very recommended that Ethiopian higher education institutions should begin working with business and industrial sectors so as to make graduates ready for the outside world after school life
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Social Work