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CIVICS AND ETHICAL EDUCATION IN ETHIOPIA: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION OR MEANS OF INDOCTRINATION

Vol. 9, Jan-Jun 2020 | Page: 1-5

Niguse Mandefero Alene (Mr.)
Lecturer, Bahirdar University, Bahirdar, Ethiopia Received:15th November, 2019; Accepted:28th December, 2019; Published: 19th January,2020

Received: 18-11-2019, Accepted: 29-12-2019, Published Online: 09-01-2020


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Abstract

Civics and ethical education has been introduced in to Ethiopian school curriculum during the period of emperor Haile Sillassie I as a separate disciple. Since then, the name and the content vary from regime to regime. The change indicates as the subject is used as a tool, i.e., indoctrination for the different regimes. Moral education (during the period emperor Haile Sillassie I) was used to preach about the monarchy rather than talking about citizens’ rights. Derg’s political education was used to inculcate socialist ideology. In the post 1991 FDRE government, Civics was first introduced then Ethics was added. In this period, though the contents seem universal, at face value, the details are imbued by indoctrination. The control by the government in curriculum development and book preparation signifies the intention of the government to use the subject for its’ instrumental value. It is intended to foster obedience to regime norms not for critical engagement.

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