On the Development of Functional Literacy of Graduates of Ethiopian Schools: The Case of the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ Region
The article considers the problem of the quality of general education in Ethiopia in terms of the development of functional literacy in school students, using as the example the case of the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ Region. The idea of this research, conducted within the framework of international...
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| description | The article considers the problem of the quality of general education in Ethiopia in terms of the development of functional literacy in school students, using as the example the case of the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ Region. The idea of this research, conducted within the framework of international cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is to organize a mutually beneficial partnership in the field of education between the two countries and promote the improvement of the quality of education in Ethiopia. The authors describe the results of a study of the functional literacy of graduates of Ethiopian schools using the case of the city of Bonga as an example. In the context of developing international cooperation between the Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University and Ethiopian universities, a task arises of the development of a diagnostic toolkit accessible to both parties and constructed on the basis of educational content, which would include information about Russia and Ethiopia. The use of such a toolkit allowed the authors to assess the development of three types of functional literacy in students: in reading, mathematics, and natural sciences. Combining the indicators for each type makes it possible to obtain a general picture of the functional literacy of school graduates in the city of Bonga, namely: the majority of participants (85.2%) have an insufficient level of functional literacy, 12.4% have it at a low level, and 2.4% of respondents have an average level of functional literacy development. The authors outline the prospects for further research into the functional literacy of students in Ethiopia, such as improving the diagnostic tools; upgrading the educational content by increasing its thematic diversity and translating into the official languages of the country; expanding the geographical scope of the research; improving the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the sample.
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| spelling | doaj-art-134730a82b8b45fca75cf11fa81860112025-08-20T03:51:14ZengRussian Academy of Sciences, Institute for African StudiesУченые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук2412-57173034-34962025-07-0111213514610.31132/2412-5717-2025-71-2-135-146On the Development of Functional Literacy of Graduates of Ethiopian Schools: The Case of the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ RegionDANILOV Sergey Vyacheslavovich0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1022-5049SHUSTOVA Lyubov Porfirievna1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2552-2310MISHINA Alevtina Petrovna2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7628-0008Dr.Sc. (Pedagogy), PhD (Psychology), Professor, Department of Educational Technologies and Correctional Pedagogy, Ilya Ulyanov Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Ulyanovsk, Russian Federation. E-mail: danilovnic@rambler.ruPhD (Pedagogy), Associate Professor, Department of Educational Technologies and Correctional Pedagogy, Ilya Ulyanov Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Ulyanovsk, Russian Federation. E-mail: lp_shustova@ mail.ruPhD (Pedagogy), Associate Professor, Dean, Faculty of Educational Technologies and Continuing Education, Ilya Ulyanov Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Ulyanovsk, Russian Federation. E-mail: mialp@ list.ruThe article considers the problem of the quality of general education in Ethiopia in terms of the development of functional literacy in school students, using as the example the case of the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ Region. The idea of this research, conducted within the framework of international cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is to organize a mutually beneficial partnership in the field of education between the two countries and promote the improvement of the quality of education in Ethiopia. The authors describe the results of a study of the functional literacy of graduates of Ethiopian schools using the case of the city of Bonga as an example. In the context of developing international cooperation between the Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University and Ethiopian universities, a task arises of the development of a diagnostic toolkit accessible to both parties and constructed on the basis of educational content, which would include information about Russia and Ethiopia. The use of such a toolkit allowed the authors to assess the development of three types of functional literacy in students: in reading, mathematics, and natural sciences. Combining the indicators for each type makes it possible to obtain a general picture of the functional literacy of school graduates in the city of Bonga, namely: the majority of participants (85.2%) have an insufficient level of functional literacy, 12.4% have it at a low level, and 2.4% of respondents have an average level of functional literacy development. The authors outline the prospects for further research into the functional literacy of students in Ethiopia, such as improving the diagnostic tools; upgrading the educational content by increasing its thematic diversity and translating into the official languages of the country; expanding the geographical scope of the research; improving the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the sample. https://africajournal.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2-2025_Danilov-Shustova-Mishina_On-the-Development.pdfethiopiaquality of educationrussian-ethiopian cooperationfunctional literacytypes of functional literacydevelopment of functional literacymethods of assessing functional literacy |
| spellingShingle | DANILOV Sergey Vyacheslavovich SHUSTOVA Lyubov Porfirievna MISHINA Alevtina Petrovna On the Development of Functional Literacy of Graduates of Ethiopian Schools: The Case of the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ Region Ученые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук ethiopia quality of education russian-ethiopian cooperation functional literacy types of functional literacy development of functional literacy methods of assessing functional literacy |
| title | On the Development of Functional Literacy of Graduates of Ethiopian Schools: The Case of the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ Region |
| title_full | On the Development of Functional Literacy of Graduates of Ethiopian Schools: The Case of the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ Region |
| title_fullStr | On the Development of Functional Literacy of Graduates of Ethiopian Schools: The Case of the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Development of Functional Literacy of Graduates of Ethiopian Schools: The Case of the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ Region |
| title_short | On the Development of Functional Literacy of Graduates of Ethiopian Schools: The Case of the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ Region |
| title_sort | on the development of functional literacy of graduates of ethiopian schools the case of the southwest ethiopia peoples region |
| topic | ethiopia quality of education russian-ethiopian cooperation functional literacy types of functional literacy development of functional literacy methods of assessing functional literacy |
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