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| Chapter I - Part 3 |
| General Education |
| ...The time when manual labour was despised has long passed and we find Ourselves in an epoch when manual labour is a source of pride and pleasure not only to the worker but to all ... |
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We are pleased to be present today on the occasion of the inauguration of
this splendid Technical High School which is the concrete result of the
Agreement which was signed three years ago by the Government of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Ethiopian Government. Our
pleasure is doubled by the presence in our midst of Your Excellency The
Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the U.S.S.R. as a
Special Representative of your Government.
This institution, apart from the benefit of training Ethiopian technicians to
work for and serve their country, will also stnad as a lasting record of the
strong and long-standing friendship existing between the Soviet Union and
Our country.
The many schools and educational institutions, which it has been Our
pleasure to inaugurate form time to time in various parts of the country, is
a proof that Our plans for the modernization and the development of Our
country are being gradually achieved. The establishment of a sufficient
number of well-equipped hospitals and educational institutions is today
essential for the basic growth and well-being of a nation, and it can be said
that of the many branches of learning, technical knowledge is vital for its
livelihood. The greater part of Our efforts has been directed towards
giving Our beloved people the advantages of modern medical treatment
and access to academic and technical education. With the guidance of the
Almighty We are progressively moving towards the fulfillment of Our
plans. It is most gratifying to Us to see Our people recognizing the
advantages of modern medical and educational facilities and themselves
sharing a part of the burden of Our efforts.
One of the requirements of the recently signed Charter of African Unity
calls for African nations to assist one another. However, a nation must
first be self-sufficing before it is in a position to offer help to others;
therfore, the establishment of this Technical Institution, which We today
inaugurate, will play an important role in the development of Our country
on the road to self-sufficiency. Through the Haile Selassie I Scholarship
programme, a certain number of students from all parts of Africa will be
admitted to this Institution.
this splendid Technical High School which is the concrete result of the
Agreement which was signed three years ago by the Government of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Ethiopian Government. Our
pleasure is doubled by the presence in our midst of Your Excellency The
Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the U.S.S.R. as a
Special Representative of your Government.
This institution, apart from the benefit of training Ethiopian technicians to
work for and serve their country, will also stnad as a lasting record of the
strong and long-standing friendship existing between the Soviet Union and
Our country.
The many schools and educational institutions, which it has been Our
pleasure to inaugurate form time to time in various parts of the country, is
a proof that Our plans for the modernization and the development of Our
country are being gradually achieved. The establishment of a sufficient
number of well-equipped hospitals and educational institutions is today
essential for the basic growth and well-being of a nation, and it can be said
that of the many branches of learning, technical knowledge is vital for its
livelihood. The greater part of Our efforts has been directed towards
giving Our beloved people the advantages of modern medical treatment
and access to academic and technical education. With the guidance of the
Almighty We are progressively moving towards the fulfillment of Our
plans. It is most gratifying to Us to see Our people recognizing the
advantages of modern medical and educational facilities and themselves
sharing a part of the burden of Our efforts.
One of the requirements of the recently signed Charter of African Unity
calls for African nations to assist one another. However, a nation must
first be self-sufficing before it is in a position to offer help to others;
therfore, the establishment of this Technical Institution, which We today
inaugurate, will play an important role in the development of Our country
on the road to self-sufficiency. Through the Haile Selassie I Scholarship
programme, a certain number of students from all parts of Africa will be
admitted to this Institution.
| Mind and Hand |
The combination of academic knowledge with technical education will
give great satisfaction and will create self-supporting individuals. It is by
the combined use of the mind and the hand that crude material is changed
unto an article of beauty and value. The time when manual labour was
despised has long passed and we find ourselves in an epoch when manual
laour is a source of pride and pleasure not only to the worker but to all.
Laziness is the sole breeder of sin, poverty and discontent. Therefore, all
those who enter this Technical High School, bearing in mind that
technological education is an important weapon for a country's
development and prosperity, should rise up and work diligently and
industriously in order to benefit themselves and their fellowmen. Our
Minister of Education has already explained in detail the advantages to be
derived frm technical education.
What impressed Us most during Our visit to the Soviet Union was the high
standard achieved by the Soviet people in the field of Science and
Technology in a period of less than 50 years.
For this magnificent, fully equipped educational institution, together with
many thousands of technical books and also five scholarships annually for
student-teachers to later serve this institution, which enables Ethiopia to
share the scientific and technological achievements of the Soviet Union,
without any political strings attached and for no pecuniary gain, We
request Your Excellency to convey Our sincere and heartfelt thanks
together with those of Our beloved people and Governement to the people
and Government of the Soviet Union and especially to His Excellency Mr.
Nikita Khrushchev.
We would like to thank the Soviet engineers and also the contractor and all
those whose efforts have contributed to the completion of this building.
give great satisfaction and will create self-supporting individuals. It is by
the combined use of the mind and the hand that crude material is changed
unto an article of beauty and value. The time when manual labour was
despised has long passed and we find ourselves in an epoch when manual
laour is a source of pride and pleasure not only to the worker but to all.
Laziness is the sole breeder of sin, poverty and discontent. Therefore, all
those who enter this Technical High School, bearing in mind that
technological education is an important weapon for a country's
development and prosperity, should rise up and work diligently and
industriously in order to benefit themselves and their fellowmen. Our
Minister of Education has already explained in detail the advantages to be
derived frm technical education.
What impressed Us most during Our visit to the Soviet Union was the high
standard achieved by the Soviet people in the field of Science and
Technology in a period of less than 50 years.
For this magnificent, fully equipped educational institution, together with
many thousands of technical books and also five scholarships annually for
student-teachers to later serve this institution, which enables Ethiopia to
share the scientific and technological achievements of the Soviet Union,
without any political strings attached and for no pecuniary gain, We
request Your Excellency to convey Our sincere and heartfelt thanks
together with those of Our beloved people and Governement to the people
and Government of the Soviet Union and especially to His Excellency Mr.
Nikita Khrushchev.
We would like to thank the Soviet engineers and also the contractor and all
those whose efforts have contributed to the completion of this building.
| Haile Selassie the First - June 11, 1963 |
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