Recognizing sustainable provision 0/ Education cannot be the sole responsibility o/therngovernment, the NGOs and the community intervention has been highly encouraged.rnAccordingly, many Alternative Basic Education Projects supported by NGOs have beenrncarried out in Addis Ababa. Some projects were successful in producing lasting impactrnon the provision 0f Education. However, many projects could not support themselves andrnoperate in sustainable manner after project handover is made to the community and thernNGOs ceased their support. A number 0/ technical, financial, institutional, economic,rnsocial and environmental/actor constraints contribute to the failure to sustain thernprojects. The study made an assessment o/these factors that are critical/or sustainabilityrn0/ education projects. In order to conduct this study five NGOs were purposelyrnselected. Their education project components, which includes Education Centers, andrnother arrangements and considerations made to making the projects sustainable afterrnproject handover were subjects o/the study. To gather information questionnaires wererndistributed, interviews and locus group discussions were held, relevant documents werernanalyzed, and also field observations were made. The respondents were selected usingrnavailability and pufposive sampling techniques. The respondents were categorized in tworngroups; NGO members and Education Committee Members. Project Managers, ProjectrnOfficers, Supervisors, Coordinators and facilitators were categorized into NGOrnmembers, and Government Officials and Community respondents as EducationrnCommittee members. The analysis was carried out using independent t-test along withrnother descriptive and infertile techniques. The findings o/ the study show that therncommunities' capacity to operate the project in sustainable manner is questionablernmainly because 0f weak financial and institutional capacity. In drawing conclusion, thernstud)! views the arrangements made to overcome the constraints are not adequate andrnless allegation is given of' sustainability o/the projects, and this leads to uncertainrnsituation the projects sustainability. It is recommended in the study that morerncollaborative efforts belle ensures sustainability. Thus, the roles expected from eachrnstakeholder should clearly be communicated and the Education community membersrnneed to be correctional in eliciting support from the community they represent and thernnecessary support needs to be provided by the NGOs.