Ethiopia Education and Skills for Employability Project

The development objective of the Education and Skills for Employability Project for Ethiopia is to improve employment outcomes of the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system of Ethiopia with a focus on women and marginalized groups. The project comprises of three components. The first component, strengthening public polytechnics for improved labor market outcomes will strengthen selected Polytechnic Colleges (PTCs) to produce high-quality skilled graduates that meet the industry’s needs in priority sectors of the economy. The second component, skills for jobs will support short-term skills programs through a competitive and performance-based financing model that links payments to the employment outcomes of participants. The third component, system strengthening will enhance the information, coordination, and capacity of the TVET system to make it more dynamic in responding to the evolving technical skill needs in the economy and improving employability of its graduates. It consists of following sub-components: (i) information for decision-making; (ii) strengthened system coordination; and (iii) strengthened system capacity for policymaking and implementation.