Pharo Schools / Ethiopia

Pharo School Homosha

Our girls’ boarding school in Benishangul-Gumuz, with a 99% national exam pass rate. Part of the Pharo Schools network, run on a shared pedagogical model.

Pharo School Homosha, Ethiopia.

Pharo School Homosha, Ethiopia.

Introduction

A Pharo school, built to last.

Homosha Girls’ Boarding School reached full capacity at 220 girls and achieved a 99% pass rate in national examinations, against a national average of roughly 8%.

Pharo School Homosha sits inside one national network of curriculum, assessment and teacher development, so a lesson learned in one school improves the others.

We measure ourselves on whether a child who starts here finishes here, and on what happens to them afterwards.

220 girls
Enrolment
Girls’ boarding
Provision
Ethiopia
Location
Network
Shared Pharo model
The problem

In Ethiopia, a place at a good school is rationed by cost.

Quality schooling is scarce and expensive where we work, and the children with the most potential are the least likely to find a classroom that can develop it.

This is not a shortage of ability. It is a shortage of access to the institutions that turn ability into qualifications and work.

Impact

Our impact

2025 figures, reported in the annual report.

99%
National exam pass rate
220
Girls enrolled (full)
8%
National average, for context
What we've learnt

What we learnt

01

Continuity beats intensity.

A child who stays for years outperforms one given a single intervention. Keeping students enrolled is where the returns are.

02

Local leadership is not a compromise.

Schools led by people from the community recruit better, retain better and are trusted more.

03

The network multiplies quality.

Shared curriculum, assessment and teacher development mean each school raises the others.

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