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Samson Maekele Tsegay, Research Fellow, School of Education, Anglia Ruskin University

How authoritarian regimes use education as a political tool

School students in a National Day parade, Asmara, Eritrea. Angela N Perryman/Shutterstock

It’s often assumed that expanding access to education is progressive – that it’s a means of ensuring social, economic and political development. However, this is not always the case.

We’ve carried out research examining the relationship between education and authoritarianism with a focus on Eritrea. Eritrea has been under a single political party and leadership since its independence in May 1993. The country lacks a functioning or implemented constitution and freedom of the press.

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