Selected Speeches Of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, 1918-1967

One of the Emperor's fondest dreams came true on December 16, 1961, when he convoked the Haile Selassie First University in the presence of representatives from many world-renown Universities. It was an occasion of pardonable pride for he had sown the seed and nurtured the plant that on that day blossomed into full maturity. Prior to this event, to fill the gap hundreds of Ethiopians were sent to institutions of higher learning abroad, a project that began in the earliest years of his accession to the throne.

In the speeches that follow, His Majesty the Emperor deals with the many stages of this development and sets forth the hopes and aspirations of Higher Education in the country.

Selected Speeches Of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I

CHAPTER I

PART 1

HIGHER EDUCATION