Ethiopian Student, Meeting Point of ethiopian students.
The social affairs subcommittee is doing a wonderful job in bringing all students close to each other by organizing a football match every Thursday and Sunday over this summer. (please check your email for timing and minor specifics). A few days ago the Petah Tikva municipality told the city's private schools that they would refuse to enroll the children will be fined and may have their licenses suspended. The Ethiopian Student Union in Oslo and the Ethiopian Community in Norway are jointly working to colorfully celebrate the upcoming Ethiopian Millennium in Oslo. Here is the power point presentation, the report and selected photographs. Last week, the students asked for a two month extension of the academic year because of the time lost due to the disturbances. Police and Home Office chiefs are now investigating their disappearance. Numbers obtained from various sources vary widely. Sources in the official (public Orthodox) system say their schools have an enrollment of between 10 percent and 100 percent of children of Ethiopian origin. Everything is coordinated with the municipality." Programme supervisor Georgina Richards reported the men missing to the Metropolitan Police at 10pm when they failed to show up at their London hotel, where they were due to stay overnight before returning to Hartlepool. The figures show that Da'at Mevinim enrolled only about seven children of Ethiopian origin. The entire student body at the public Orthodox Ner Etzion school is Ethiopian-Israeli after the other children's parents enrolled them elsewhere over the past two years. We have tried to compromise with the government, but all we get is trouble back. We've had a miserable life in this period." Despite calls for the students to return to class attendance has been minimal since April, when student protests for academic rights degenerated into the worst public disturbances in a decade. In response, Yigal Amitay, representing the private Darchei Noam school belonging to the Zionist ultra-Orthdox system, with a student body of 600, said the school had accepted 14 Ethiopian-Israeli students. "As for the coming year, we will accept anyone who suits the Torah-focused atmosphere and the intensive level of studies at the school. All students the city refers to us will be examined," Amitay said. The Ethiopian Student Union in Oslo cordially invites its members to establish housing cooperatives so as to construct residential house in Addis Ababa. Interested and committed members can notify the Union not latter than 27 July 2007. The full announcement. Organisers say their main concern is for the safety of the men, who have been named as Zerihun Weldeyohans, 24, Habtamu Debela, 27, and 21-year-old Muluneh Tilahun Abera. Numbers obtained from various sources vary widely. Sources in the official (public Orthodox) system say their schools have an enrollment of between 10 percent and 100 percent of the funding they are entitled to according to the counselor. “From 2006, the Chinese government has granted scholarship for some 41 Ethiopian
Meeting Point of Ethiopian Students