The Right to Education: The Laws and Policies In Ethiopia
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2020-11
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AAU
Abstract
The very purpose of this research paper was to make an assessment for
the realization of the right to education in the laws and policies of Ethiopia.
In addition, the study also aimed at identifying the extent of protection
given to this right under the laws and policies of the country. To this end,
in this research, the researcher employed qualitative content analysis
research method to better understand the protection given to the right to
education under the federal and regional constitutions, different policies
and laws. The study concluded that the laws and policies including the
constitution of the country do not clearly stipulate the right to education in
the same and similar manner like the UDHRs, ICESCRs and other
international human right instruments did. Moreover, the FDRE
constitution, which devoted 16 articles for the democratic rights, did not
devote any article about the right of every person to education. The
regional constitutions also did say anything about the people’s right to
education. Ethiopia has also made different policies which are directly
related with children, women and youth. However, none of these policies
clearly stipulate the right of these groups to education. Finally the study
recommended that in order to tackle absence of clear provision in the right
to education, the ministry of education and other respective organs need to
issue special legislations and policies that address people’s right to the
right to education. In addition to the law making, it is recommended that
the ministry of education and other relevant offices need to incorporate the
right to education on the text books and other materials to teach and
aware the people.