Federal Ethiopia is a unique, yet diverse country, boasting rich cultural heritages, unified by intense national pride and self-belief. The second most populated country in Africa, with a population of 120 million, 46 % of whom are below the age of 15, the activity of educating future generations is an overwhelming.

In an ideal world, a ‘Gold Standard’ of quality education should be available to all, but practically and economically this cannot be achieved until the country becomes much wealthier. Alongside tangible infrastructural development such as roads, intellectual pathways to the outside world are needed in the form of quality international education. By comparison with Kenya, the provision for international education within the country is extremely limited, and focused entirely upon a small number of schools based in Addis Ababa. We have the aim of spreading quality education throughout the nation, regardless of status, background or ethnicity. 

The Federal Government is intent on developing the growth of regional towns and celebrates a ‘Cities Week’ annually. Currently only a handful of schools outside Addis Ababa are recognized by the Ministry of Education as International Schools. 

The development of a network of schools throughout the country, providing education that is internationally focused would offer the following;

• The opportunity to acknowledge the importance of international education for all the federal areas, thus raising their self-esteem and ability to attract investment.
• The opportunity to support the growth of the Universities, by placing quality international schools alongside them. This will have an effect on the calibre of lecturers who will be attracted to taking up such positions. It is also likely that lecturers will stay in post longer, when they are satisfied that there children are happily settled in school. In the last ten years the number of universities has risen from three to 33.
• A mechanism to support investors who seek international education for their families. A 2011 study in Bahir Dar  revealed that there were 41 international children being home-schooled due to parents’ unwillingness to opt into the education provision currently on offer in that town. Numerous instances illustrated the fact that yet more interested parties felt unable to commit themselves to settling in Federal Regional Centres due to the lack of international schooling for their children.
• The opportunity to market International Schooling throughout the Horn of Africa, attracting students from neighbouring regions and countries has given us the Mantra 'Together is the Best Pkace to be!'. We hope that our current situation will develop into a peaceful environment where all flourish physically and educationally.