About: Traditional education in Ethiopia

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The Ethiopian traditional educational system traced back to Axumite period in 330 AD as Christianity first accepted in the region. The education was highly emphasized Christian dogma, consisted up to higher education, the monastery. Students graduated from every monasteries earn ranks of priesthood and upon reaching the final stage, the Negus, they acquire an intellectual elite, known as debtera.

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  • The Ethiopian traditional educational system traced back to Axumite period in 330 AD as Christianity first accepted in the region. The education was highly emphasized Christian dogma, consisted up to higher education, the monastery. Students graduated from every monasteries earn ranks of priesthood and upon reaching the final stage, the Negus, they acquire an intellectual elite, known as debtera. Debteras are ordained clergymen specialized ecclesiastical and secular knowledge and considered literate people among ruling class of feudal monarchy. Some debteras suspected to have an occult knowledge, such as witchcrafts, and exorcism by laity. In line with Orthodox institution, Islamic and other indigenous education also influenced Ethiopia and by the mid-19th century, Protestant and Catholic missionaries opened the first modernized theological education and influenced some people to convert. Formally, traditional education faded away since the start of European-styled schools opened in the early 20th century and assistance by Emperor Menelik II. It was speculated that the first modern curriculum was designated as Menelik opened his school in 1908. (en)
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  • The Ethiopian traditional educational system traced back to Axumite period in 330 AD as Christianity first accepted in the region. The education was highly emphasized Christian dogma, consisted up to higher education, the monastery. Students graduated from every monasteries earn ranks of priesthood and upon reaching the final stage, the Negus, they acquire an intellectual elite, known as debtera. (en)
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  • Traditional education in Ethiopia (en)
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