Higher Education Governance and Management Advisor

About the Project

The e-Learning for Strengthening Higher Education (e-SHE) is a transformative project led by the Ethiopian Ministry of Education in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, Arizona State University, and Shayashone Trading PLC. The project supports Ethiopian higher education institutes in realizing digital education and addresses critical ecosystem-level issues that undermine teaching, learning quality, and sector transformation.

Program Overview

The Higher Education Delivery Excellence Enhancement Program (HDEEP) is a strategic extension designed to deepen impact and enhance higher education reform delivery. The program consolidates and scales e-SHE achievements by strengthening Ethiopia's higher education system, addressing systemic gaps in quality, relevance, equity, and efficiency. It builds university capacity to implement reform initiatives that enhance teaching quality, institutional performance, and inclusivity, fostering graduate employability, innovation, and entrepreneurial culture across the sector.

Main Intervention Areas

• Strengthening universities' implementation capacity through delivery units, leadership development, and institutionalized teaching and learning centers
• Developing reform-oriented policies, guidelines, and manuals to enhance quality and sustainability of higher education
• Building capacity in monitoring, evaluation, and data-driven supervision to improve performance
• Advancing leadership development to enhance governance, teaching quality, and graduate employability

Program Goals

The program aims to build a more effective, inclusive, and future-ready higher education ecosystem in Ethiopia through integrated systemic interventions across governance, policy, capacity building, and performance management.