COVID-19 impact on jobs at private schools and colleges in Northern Ethiopia

Adino Andaregie; Tessema Astatkie

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102456

COVID-19 impact on jobs at private schools and colleges in Northern Ethiopia

Int J Educ Dev. 2021 Sep:85:102456. doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102456. Epub 2021 Jun 25.

Authors

Adino Andaregie¹, Tessema Astatkie²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Injibara University, Injibara, Ethiopia.
² Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Canada.

Abstract

The disruptive effects of COVID-19 have impacted all sectors of our society including education. This study identified the factors influencing the private schools' and colleges' decision to reduce their teaching staff during the COVID-19 lockdown using survey data analyzed using Heckman two-step regression model. The results showed that age, accommodation level, hourly payment rate, tax grade level, money borrowed from government or banks, loan repayment suspension, tax payment deferral, the number of administrative employees, the student-to-administrative employee ratio, and the educational institution's category were the significant factors affecting teaching employee reduction during the lockdown. The results of this study can help the various education sector stakeholders to take coordinated measures to withstand COVID-19 type of shocks.

Keywords: Africa; Education sector; Heckman; Jobs; Regression model.