Low Scores In English
Low Scores in English
In Addis Ababa
When I meet my friend Mike, we love to talk about Ethiopia technological, economic, and cultural changes of the last 10 years that have made many important mathematical ideas more relevant and accessible in work and in everyday life. As examples of mathematics proliferate, the Ethiopian mathematics education community is provided with both a responsibility and an opportunity. Educators have provided a high-quality mathematics education for all of our students.
Today, an understanding of science, mathematics, and technology is very important in the workplace. As routine mechanical and clerical tasks become computerized, more and more jobs require high-level skills that involve critical thinking, problem solving, communicating ideas to others and collaborating effectively. Many of these jobs build on skills developed through high quality science, mathematics, and technology education. The question is when in our country Ethiopian students will have a better educated workforce because it’s all about education.
When we first saw headlines such as “The National High School Exam Scores Rise in a lot of Country, Not in Ethiopia” we were tempted to answer, I don’t think so. I asked if Ethiopian students are less intelligent than other country’s students. Are they? I asked my friend, and my friend answered it’s so widely reported in the newspaper, based on English a tests given to grade twelve students. The scores in Ethiopia are, in fact, slowly improving, but they are still lagging behind scores in the rest of the country. I and my friend Mike were born in Addis Ababa the capital city of Ethiopia, and I declare that our students are not less intelligent than students in other countries; however, my friend said, “They might need help in increasing their motivation. Fortunately, simple solutions such as volunteer-tutor programs in public libraries...
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