Ethiopia's Use of National University Students in a Year of Rural Service

Abstract

In September, 1964, Ethiopia's Haile Sellassie I University inaugurated a novel program to aid the country's development. The program, named the Ethiopian University Service (E.U.S.), called upon students to interrupt their university studies to serve their country for one year. The 1964-65 program included 134 university students serving primarily as teachers in the rural areas of Ethiopia. The program is now in its second year with 194 students serving. In Ethiopia, as in most developing countries, a grave shortage of trained manpower exists. In the rural areas which have few