Education and Educational Instituions in Durame Town since 1943, a Historical Survey

Abstract The History of Education and Educational Institutions in Kembata of Durame is not fully dealt with. The aim of this thesis is based on qualitative analysis of oral traditions, written sources and archives to present the historical development of the society. Thus, it sought to avail the reader with critical information of education and educational institutions in Kembata of Durame town. The shortage of archives source and reluctance of a few informants are the basic problems that the researcher faced during this work. Besides this the lack of written sources are the other that the research experienced in an attempt to come up with this final work. The Kembata of Durame town in habit the area between south of Hadiya, east of Halaba special woreda and west of Wolaita zone; these people formed from different clans who come the area from different direction in different times. They did different activities for development and expansion of education and educational institutions that resulted in education and educational institutions during Imperial, Derg and FDRE government eras.