The Ethiopian People’s Ombudsman made a statement on May 17, 2015, about the human and material destruction caused by the war in northern Ethiopia, which lasted for two years and ended on October 23, 2015. They confirmed that more than 2 thousand teachers and more than 1 thousand 500 students were killed in the war in the Tigray region.
In its statement, the ombudsman institution indicated that 2 million 833 thousand 748 people were displaced in the Tigray region alone.
The statement indicated that 88 percent of classrooms were completely and partially damaged and 60 percent of textbooks were unusable. “He killed thousands of teachers and students,” he explained. He said.
Following the peace agreement reached in Pretoria on October 23, 2015, they pointed out that the damage assessment work is being done to rebuild the educational institutions. Long-term and short-term plans for repairing the damaged educational institutions are being drawn up, and the Federal Ministry of Education and the Tigray Region will be submitted to the temporary management budget and approved for immediate repair services. They praised the fact that it is a good start.
On the other hand, he explained that “the lack of clear and consolidated information about the displaced citizens in the Tigray region alone has prevented the communities that need special attention from getting the attention they deserve.”
In the summary of the statement, the institution listed the points of recommendation. In this, “both the state and the federal government should make an effort to implement the framework of the national rehabilitation and reconstruction plan, which was prepared to be implemented for 5 years to reverse the damage caused by the war.”