Disadvantaged Schools and Students in Ethiopia: Why is the GEQIP-E Reform Necessary?

This Insight provides an overview of the prevalence of inequity in access to quality primary education for children and particularly girls living in the emerging regions, and children with disabilities in Ethiopia. Given their importance to GEQIP-E reforms,the analysis focuses on a few indicators including student learning outcome differences across regions, gender, and urban-rural locality; girls to boys’ enrolment ratio across grades; school educational resources and facilities; contribution of the school environments for girls to attend school; and enrolment and learning of children with disabilities.