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| Chapter I - Part 3 |
| General Education |
| Why Education Nov. 03, 1951 |
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| Haile Selassie the First - November 3, 1951 |
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...However, Our programs undertaken in the economic field for
augmenting the material welfare of Our subjects, has not made Us
forget that, accoring to the words of the Bible, "man does not live by
bread alone." We believe that the spiritual and moral welfare of Our
people is as important as their material well-being. Thus, it is that
following the liberation of Ethiopia from the yoke of the enemy, We
have devoted a very large part of Our budget and national revenues
for the establishment and development of schools. During this short
period of ten years no less than fifteen secondary schools, of which the
last, the General Wingate School, was opened by Ourselves this year,
have been established directy as a result of Our initative and direction.
The number of students enrolled in schools in Ethiopia has nearly
tripled during that same period. Shortly, the University, the
foundation-stone of which We have laid, will be opened under Our
direction. We face with confidence the future of public instruction in
Ethiopia.
If We have made so many sacrifices for the education of Our youth, it
is because We are convinced that only through intellectual progress
and universal education can Ethiopia come into its own and make its
just contribution to the history of the peoples of the Middle East. We
believe that from truth alone is born liberty and that only an educated
people can consider itself as really free and master of its fate. It is only
with an educated people that representative and democratic organs of
government can exercise their influence for national progress. Our
Address from the Throne therefore testifies to the importance which
We attach to education and, at the same time, to your role as
representatives, in the development and progress of Our people....
augmenting the material welfare of Our subjects, has not made Us
forget that, accoring to the words of the Bible, "man does not live by
bread alone." We believe that the spiritual and moral welfare of Our
people is as important as their material well-being. Thus, it is that
following the liberation of Ethiopia from the yoke of the enemy, We
have devoted a very large part of Our budget and national revenues
for the establishment and development of schools. During this short
period of ten years no less than fifteen secondary schools, of which the
last, the General Wingate School, was opened by Ourselves this year,
have been established directy as a result of Our initative and direction.
The number of students enrolled in schools in Ethiopia has nearly
tripled during that same period. Shortly, the University, the
foundation-stone of which We have laid, will be opened under Our
direction. We face with confidence the future of public instruction in
Ethiopia.
If We have made so many sacrifices for the education of Our youth, it
is because We are convinced that only through intellectual progress
and universal education can Ethiopia come into its own and make its
just contribution to the history of the peoples of the Middle East. We
believe that from truth alone is born liberty and that only an educated
people can consider itself as really free and master of its fate. It is only
with an educated people that representative and democratic organs of
government can exercise their influence for national progress. Our
Address from the Throne therefore testifies to the importance which
We attach to education and, at the same time, to your role as
representatives, in the development and progress of Our people....
| ... From truth alone is born liberty and only an educated people can consider itself as really free and master of its fate. It is only with an educated people that representative and democratic organs of government can exercise their influence for national progress ... |
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