46.6% of prospective graduates pass university exit exam

Public higher institutions fare better than private ones according to Ethiopian education authorities who revealed that 46.6% of prospective graduates passed the university exit exams for this year, reports Ethiopian Monitor.

The Ministry of Education introduced the exit exams in all undergraduate university programmes this academic year. The move came after warnings that the quality of the tertiary education system was dropping, and standards didn’t line up with employers’ expectations. Nearly 220 universities in the country saw a total of 150,184 qualified candidate graduates appear for the exit exams administered online for six days beginning last Saturday.

In a press briefing last week, State Minister of Education Samuel Kifle (PhD) announced the exit exam results, stating 40.65% of the total prospective graduates managed to pass the exam. This means only 61,054 candidates will graduate with their bachelor’s degrees guaranteed in the 2022 to 23 academic year. While the national scores show a mix of results between private and public higher institutions, this year’s private universities’ prospective graduates have in general underperformed with their results bringing the national average passing rate down.
Full report on the Ethiopian Monitor site