Issues Surrounding The Academic Efficiency Of Addis Ababa University

Abstract

improvement of the teaching staff and in the
production . of books, the improvement of
libraries and laboratories, in the recognition of
potentialities of teachers and students, and the
promotion . 'of research and inquiry.
Government, regardless of ideological
persuasion or economic stress, 'sees higher
education as an important priority, 'and is now
devoting substan~ attention and resources to
higher education development. With this
realization as of today, higher education is
given free of charge· to all eligible students.
Free higher education has not always been the
case in almost all developing countries.
Such countries as Singapore, Malaysia,
Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, ZimbaQwe,
Indonesia, Turkey and Nigeria ( Philip G.
Altbach ,1993) and the oM leading nations of
the Middle East have invested a lot in higher
education. But the characteristics of these
nations is that their population tend to be
taanageable, the resource base better. Rates of
economic growth have been ' high and in
general there has been a degree of economic
and political stability. Government efficiency
has pennitted development plans to achieve a
measure of success. TheSe countries, and a
number of others, have different ideological
peI$pCC1ives and certainly have their share of
socio-ecOnomic problems, but they are
·nonetheless in a relatively good standing ill.
terms of. the development of an academic