Abstract

The ideas of ‘sustainable development’ and ‘sustainability’ have been endorsed to report worldwide public, economic and environmental tasks, together with insistent forms of absolute poverty and various forms of social and economic inequality (UNESCO, 2009b). Education is important so as to develop the opportunities and autonomies of all people. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a forceful idea that integrates a new vision of education that discoveries to give power for the people of all years to assume the accountability for creating, innovating and enjoying a sustainable future. The study was focused on investigating the Education for Sustainable Development in the Ethiopian context. The methodology of the study was document analysis. The documents were a selection of currently published scholarly papers in peer-reviewed journals addressing. Ethiopian education system had left the rich literary heritage such as the alphabet and useful resources. And the current Ethiopian education arrangement was suffering from complicated problems. The main problems were related to the issues of relevance, quality, equity, and access. And it is criticized because of many factors that are lack of conducive environment and large classroom size. That plays a pivotal role in quality education in Ethiopia. Within the framework specified in the Education and Training Policy and Strategy (ETPS), the state calculated the Education Sector Development Program (ESDP), which is a long range-rolling Design with a focus on the comprehensive improvement of education over a twenty-year period.

Highlights

  • Ethiopia is one of the oldest country in the world

  • Ethiopian educational system is in expansion, its financing supplies can be predictable to produce as the nation struggles to universalize primary school conclusion and foster the development of other levels and types of education and training

  • UNESCO is doing a lot of activities that related to this goals to recover the access of quality education on sustainable development at all levels and in all social contexts, to transform society by reorienting education and help people to progress knowledge, skills, values and behaviors’ needed for sustainable development

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Summary

Introduction

Ethiopia is one of the oldest country in the world. Which is found Horn of Africa; it is accredited as being the origin of mankind and is the second greatest crowded country in SubSaharan Africa next to Nigeria. Education has a crucial role in the different aspect of development [3, 13] It is one of an important right, and one of the most authoritative tools for sustainable development. The study was focused on investigating the Education for Sustainable Development in the Ethiopian context. Education is a vital and high-return deal in every aspect of growth It was not largely practiced in the country [12]. Religious education was the basis of modern education in Ethiopia. It gives a lot of teachers, judges, poem writers, book writers, language teachers, governors, businessman, scribes, treasures, general administrators, diplomats, and educators. It gives a lot of teachers, judges, poem writers, book writers, language teachers, governors, businessman, scribes, treasures, general administrators, diplomats, and educators. [22]

Methodology
Modern Education in Ethiopia
Current Education Arrangement
The Significant of Developments
Education for Sustainable Development
Development Theory and Desirable Change
Public Empathetic of Sustainability
Findings
Conclusions
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