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ETHIOPIA<br />
M. M. NINAN<br />
II<br />
FIRST FOREIGN APPOINTMENT<br />
The next day we were brought to the Ministry of Education Office and the contract was signed<br />
with the standard salary for all Indian teachers - Ethiopian dollars 400 per month, a handsome<br />
salary in those days. That was the salary offered to the Indian teachers. British Teachers were<br />
given dollars 700 then. The officer did not forget to mention that though there are 13 months in<br />
the Ethiopian year there is no salary for the 13th month.<br />
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HAILE SELASSIE I DAY SCHOOL<br />
To the surprise of all the Indians I was appointed at the Haile Selassie I Day School. All others<br />
were appointed to various far away villages at first. Later they were transferred as an award for<br />
good teaching to Addis. This was the first secondary school to be openned in this country in<br />
1943. Haile Sellassie I Secondary School in Kotabe, on a beautiful hill, just outside of Addis<br />
Ababa. Most of the students were boarders, from the upper crust of society, the pick of<br />
Ethiopia’s total student population.<br />
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