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ETHIOPIA<br />
M. M. NINAN<br />
The two other secondary schools, General Wingate School under British management, and<br />
Tafari Makonnen School under French Jesuit management were also prestigious. But this<br />
school was the most prestigious of all. It is said that "All the ministers of the Government for<br />
some time to come were graduates of Haile Selassie I Day School known as Andanja Deraja if<br />
they had a high school education at all." Many years later when I went to Yemen, the Manager<br />
of the Kuwait Air ways was one of my students.<br />
'A' probably marks the Haile Selassie I day School in Kebena in this google map<br />
Apparently after the communist take over the school is not to found at least in that name nor is it<br />
mentioned in any of the log. The one time elite school disappeared from history except in the<br />
mind of those who worked there.<br />
It was the Emperor’s favorite school. Almost every month he paid the school a visit and brought<br />
with him a truckload of sweets and fruits for distribution among the students. He visited the<br />
class rooms and mingled with them. They were the hope of the future.<br />
"The salvation of our country, Ethiopia, as we have repeatedly stated to you, lies primarily in<br />
education. As Ethiopia is one, all Ethiopians are also one, and education is the only way to<br />
maintain this condition." Nov. 7, 1949. Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie<br />
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