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Ethiopia Foreign Educational Assistance
The regime's efforts to resolve the country's educational
problems received considerable support from abroad. The
initial cost of reorienting the education system toward
national development goals through improving opportunities
in remote rural areas had been estimated at US$34.7 million.
Of this amount, US$23 million was received from the
International Development Association (IDA). By late 1978,
the European Economic Community had contributed US$2.6
million to help with the government's education development
plan. The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) sent
teachers, training specialists, and curriculum development
experts. The Soviet Union provided hundreds of scholarships.
In 1978 there were 1,200 Ethiopian children (aged nine to
fifteen years) from poor families who attended two special
schools in Cuba for an undetermined period. Other students
followed this initial group. In 1990 the Swedish
International Development Authority granted US$10.5 million
for elementary education. This aid helped make possible the
construction of about 300 schools. The Swedish agency
already had contributed to the construction of 7,000
elementary schools.
Data as of 1991
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