Ethiopia, OEB

The Oromia region

The Oromia region of Ethiopia is the largest of the country's regions. 38 million people live here, of which 33.5 million speak the Afan Oromo language. At least 9 million of them are illiterate. The region is very varied, with fertile plains, mountains and the rugged Rift Valley. Poverty is widespread, and the region has been hit by famine several times.

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Teaching material

In 2018, ALEF got in touch with the Oromia Education Bureau (OEB), the state education authority in the regional state. OEB wanted a new adult education material that responds to the need to increase reading and writing skills and at the same time give people tools to get out of poverty and exclusion.

 

During three seminars in the fall of 2019 and in January 2020, a curriculum and learning materials were created in Afan Oromo for a first year course in reading and writing according to the ALEF method. The OEB re-edited parts of the materials to better fit their guidelines. ​

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Since 2020, 2.8 million people in the Oromo region have participated in courses based on the ALEF method. The courses have been completed through the region's adult education programme.

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