Education and Youth in Post-independent Eritrea

Before the independence of Eritrea, the Derg regime systematically dismantled the Education infrastructure and corrupted the education system consequently degraded the education standard to one of the lowest even by African standard (Rena,2002: 3). The lack of regular maintenance of the infrastructure also meant that all institutional buildings were in a state of disrepair. Amazingly, many of the outdated, rigid and unfair systems introduced by the consecutive colonial  Governments are still maintained by an independent Eritrea(Rena, 2005). Hence, the government is attempting to introduce a new education system, i.e., ‘rapid transformation of education’ that is firm and fair, as well as flexible, and of the highest standard. source   Ravinder Rena