From Kingdom to Elitdom: Tradition and the Question of Relevant Education in Ethiopia
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Open access
Authors
Woldeyes, Yirga Gelaw
Date
2013Supervisor
Caroline Fleay
Type
Thesis
Award
PhD
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Humanities
School
Centre for Human Rights Education
Collection
Abstract
This study is a rigorous and critical analysis of the significance and relevance of tradition to modern education in Ethiopia. Based on the interpretation of empirical, historical and theoretical information, it demonstrates how the Ethiopian education system drew antagonistic relationship between education and tradition with the consequence of making the experience and interest of the majority of the population irrelevant to modernisation.
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