Education

Ethiopia

Capacity Building

• Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme was started in Ethiopia in 1969. ITEC slots have increased over the years reaching 400 (2018-19) and 406 (2019-20), where Ethiopian specialists and experts attended ITEC training facilities sponsored by Government of India. Ethiopia is presently one of the largest beneficiaries of training slots allocated under ITEC/SCAAP programmes. These courses pertain to areas such as management skills, human resources planning, IT, entrepreneurship development, managing water resources, fluid dynamics, energy, English language, etc. 
• Ethiopia is a beneficiary of Government of India scholarships for undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees under schemes such as Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarship, CV Raman fellowship, and research training fellowship of the NAM S&T Centre (New Delhi).
• ICCR offers scholarships to students from African countries every year for Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies in India. Presently, Ethiopia is being offered 55 slots for Undergraduate, Postgraduate and PhD courses. 
• Ethiopian Minister of Women and Social Affairs H.E. Dr. Ergogie Tesfaye (PhD) was conferred ICCR Distinguished Alumni Award - 2021 in New Delhi (8 Aug 2022). She had completed her PhD from Andhra University. 

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