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Exam Reforms Aren’t Fixing Ethiopia’s Institutional Decay
Ethiopia InsightOpinion
Ethiopia's move to university-invigilated national exams cut reported cheating from over 20,000 cases in 2021–22 to 859, but pass rates remained extremely low, with only 8.4 percent of students clearing the 50 percent mark in 2025. The reforms exposed how a system fixated on a single score had long rewarded appearances over genuine learning, leaving more than nine in ten students unqualified for university.
