Public policy knowledge and skills are required to transform the Ethiopian
civil service and to assist Ethiopia in developing and transforming to a
middle-income economy. Accordingly, the study on which this article is
based aspired to establish whether Public Administration education and
training programmes being used at Ethiopian universities include public
policy capacity development in order to provide civil servants with the
policy skills that they need to function effectively in the execution of
public policy processes. This is done through providing an overview of the
Public Administration education and training programmes currently being
used in Ethiopia as well as explaining the civil service training setting in
Ethiopia. In addition the importance of equipping Ethiopian civil servants
with public policy skills and knowledge to be effective in their profession
is also contextualised in this article. The study found that although current
Public Administration education and training programmes in Ethiopia
include some policy knowledge and skills this is very limited and it is
therefore recommended that more universities in Ethiopia, especially in
remote areas, consider offering Public Administration to meet the need for
a public policy-educated and trained civil service.