Background Education has been at the very center of Ethiopia’s development strategy in the last two decades, with a result that Grade 1 to Grade 12 students’ school enrolment has more than doubled from 10 million in 2002/3 to over 26 million in 2021/22. A parallel improvement has also been registered in higher education enrolment, …
Have you ever worried that Ethiopia’s population growth is out of control? Have you been perplexed by the difficulty in grabbing a bus or a taxi during rush hours? Have you been concerned about the lack of affordable housing as a result of the capital city’s ever-increasing population? Well, you are not alone. That is …
CBT is a well-established effective type of short-term therapy or treatment. It is based on the connections between your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and how they can influence each other. Although the past is certainly relevant, CBT focuses on providing you with tools to solve your current problems. The key principle behind CBT is that …
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Emotional maturity means being honest about your feelings and building trust with those around you because you do not have a hidden agenda you are pushing. When we think of someone who is emotionally mature, we typically picture a person who has a good understanding of who they are. They are the ones we look …
One Health is the ideology that human, animal, and environmental health are all interconnected. It entails interdisciplinary teams working together to address challenges in order to promote health and society, and also protect natural resources. To improve the health of people and animals including pets, cattle, and other productive animals as well as captive and …
Stagflation and the Ethiopian Economy An economic theory maintains that there is an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment, commonly known as the Philips curve. High inflation is associated with low unemployment and vice-versa. However, emerging and developing economies experienced the first global wave of debt accumulation in 1970s. Low global real interest rates coupled …
Home schooling is trending these days pushed by many forces internal and external to the education system. In home schooling, parents educate their kids at home instead of sending them to schools. The venue for education is not limited to the home though: museums, parks, the market, and trips can be used to teach children. …
With the explosion of internet and increased use of smart mobile phones, the use of social media for different purposes has become the rule than exception among majority of our youth and adults. It has been documented that as of 2022, there are 4.62 billion active users of social media [1] in the globe. When …
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The socio-economic, cultural, political, and technological advancements human beings have achieved in the last 200 years is beyond imagination. Nowadays, traveling through the vastness of space is no more science fiction. We have reached the pinnacle of medical progress where we can prevent and cure hundreds of deadly diseases that were impossible 50 years ago. …
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Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), which is locally known as ’Emboch’ in Ethiopia, is a perennial, herbaceous, free floating aquatic plant. It is an invasive weed of waters that doubles itself within 5–15 days (Villamagna and Murphy, 2010). The most favourable conditions for the optimum growth of water hyacinth are nutrient-rich water, temperatures ranging from 28°C …
