Fantu, Guta (Phd)Aberach, Abiyu2020-11-302023-11-042020-11-302023-11-042020-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/23700This study focuses on the relationship between primary and secondary school vocational education and economic growth in Ethiopia. It is an effort to show the effect to which education affects economic growth that is its productivity level. In this study the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model is used. The results show that education plays an essential role in economic growth mainly as a device for improvement of the output level. There is persuasive evidence that increases output, suggesting that education really is productivity-enhancing rather than just a device that individuals use to signal their level of ability to the employerenEducationEconomic GrowthThesis