Ethiopia came a major step closer to implementing a fully functioning funding formula for teaching and learning in higher education, at a conference held in Addis Ababa last month. Participants overwhelmingly endorsed the principles of a funding formula and recommended that the Ethiopian government give it the go-ahead very soon.
One participant summed up the general mood: "We [have] had great expectations since some eight or nine years back...The whole essence of the funding formula relates to empowerment. Risks will be reduced through piloting. Who will be the next to drag their feet? It does not seem to be higher education institutions."
Some 60 participants listened to papers and discussed the final steps in introducing a funding formula for the allocation of a block grant for teaching and learning, at the 13-14 December conference sponsored by the Ethiopian Higher Education Strategy Centre (HESC) and the Centre for International Cooperation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Those attending included the presidents and administrative vice-presidents from of all the 22 public sector universities in Ethiopia, and representatives from relevant ministries and from the HESC, among others.
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