Swedish Aid for Primary School Construction for Expansion of Primary Education in Gondar Province (North-West Ethiopia) From 1950’5 To 1991
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Ethiopia, in general, and Gondar province in particular, have maintained long-standing diplomatic, economic, and social relations with foreign states. Among them was Swedish. Since the 1950s, there have been diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries. But previous scholars have not fully explored the Swedish aid for primary school construction in the expansion of education in Gondar province. Thus, the major purpose of this study is to explore the Swedish aid for primary school construction in the expansion of education in Gondar province from the 1950s to 1991. The method of the study used is a qualitative approach with descriptive data analysis. The data collection methods in this study are in-depth interviews, archival materials, and library works of secondary sources. So, the major result of the study is that from the 1950s to the 1990s, the Swedish government under SIDA (Swedish International Development Association) gave aid for primary school construction in Gondar province. Beyond this, their support was also technical, and gave training for skilled manpower in the construction sector. But, since 1991, a series of internal and external factors have appeared that have exerted considerable pressure on SIDA to carry out a comprehensive review of its assistance to the education sector within Sweden, and the emergence of a new political party with strong anti-development aid assistance virtually focused SIDA to scrutinize the project.
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