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23 EDUCATION AI'TER TIIE REVOLUTIONS
23.1 Edtrotiotr sft r th€ Revolutior itr thc No<strong>rt</strong>h
The 26rh Septembe. Revolution in 1962 wa! a landmark in
the life of*'e Yen€ii! in every resp€ct of lift From the Fldv davs
of the Revolurion. education was th€ obsession of tie succe$iv€
sove'mots. This corcd ws refected in the six objstives of tle
Revolutio[ lhe third of which was 'tl€ upliffinS of the YenEnj
p.ople ed@tioely, culturally, eo&micrlly and socialy" The
new aovednent b.d to *an io<strong>rt</strong> scmtch becaule there wrs no
€ducatioDal systerq no clear policy, rc;tlt€r cEic'ia or $aq nor
oy facilities of wbatsoever.
The new govenvnoi established lhe Minjstry of Education
in *|e $'|e ye3i thc rcvolution l@k pla@ i.e. 1%2. Tt€ Minjsby of
Education shouidercd the rcspoBibility of popaga<strong>tn</strong>g lhe concept
of 6duc6tion amonS the ignorant n6ses. As a rcsult of this ney
rew priDary schools eere op€ned md $e first secondary school
was foFrded is lhe yes 1962-63.In th€ year 1964, tbe frst
EdNatioEl Act eas issued od th€ aiDs and objectives of lhe
diff..ent educational instinltioB were defined. laer in the y@
1975 lhe ftst Educaliodl Policy of the state was ainounced. It
pinpoinied ft€ principles of education a (l ) th€ D€nodatiztio' of
Educalion (2) Fr€edom of Educatioq (3) Equdity of EdNalioq
dd (4) S@jsl Juti@. (MOE: 1995:16)
The educationd ladder of lhe school syslem of the Norlh
Yeb€n ws3 defir€d as follows:
A8e: {6,7,8,9,10,1 l,l2}
Cl6s:.1, 2, 3,4, 5,
{12,13,14,15}
-L!.9-
Middc
{t5,16,17-18)
. l0- 11. 12,
Speciali.zation staded Som the Second Secondary in which
the stude s had to choose tojoin eitls th€ saifl.! section u