Haile-Manas Academy is premier private college preparatory boarding school for the country’s most promising and motivated secondary school students, admitted independent of financial circumstances to the extent possible.  

Our immediate purpose is to provide our students a world class education that enables them to reach their highest potential as critical thinkers, enterprising young problem-solvers, and purposeful, community-minded individuals.  

Our broader goal is impact, both by advancing and modeling innovative, student-centered approaches to teaching and learning, and by inculcating among our students a commitment to the service of their various communities—be they local, national, or global—as engaged citizens and effective leaders.  

HMA is co-educational and secular and strives to reflect Ethiopia’s rich geographic and cultural diversity.  We know that embracing that diversity is critical to Ethiopia’s future. 

HMA offers grades 9-12. We select the promising students that make up our community based on a set of factors including middle school grades, performance on our entrance exam, 8th grade national exam results, and our assessments of leadership potential and other skills and talents.

Admissions to HMA for September 2024 is now closed.
We anticipate opening admissions for September 2025 on November 1, 2024

Please contact us with any further questions.

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Haile-Manas Academy is the flagship project of Ethiopia Education Initiatives, a US-based not-for-profit. To learn more about EEI, click here.