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02/05/2024

Council of Ministers Higher Education Cost Sharing Regulation No.91/2003

Year: 2003

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Education

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Description

Council of Ministers Higher Education Cost Sharing Regulation No. 91/2003, the cost-sharing law in Ethiopian higher education, it aims to generate supplementary revenue, maintain and enhance access to higher education, address equity in terms of opportunity in higher education, and turn students into customers. The regulation requires all beneficiaries of public institutions of higher learning to share full costs related to boarding and lodging and a some of tuition-related costs.

Selected provisions
Article 4(2)

The beneficiary shall pursue his education after entering a written contract agreement with the respective institution for the future discharge of the amount of cost to be borne by him referred to under Sub-article (1) of this Article. This contract document is a legal document.

Article 4(5)

Only an Ethiopian national is eligible for pursuing his higher education or training upon the contractual commitment for future payment, in cash or in service, of his share of the cost in the form of graduate tax.