Hawassa, Tuesday, 07 June 2011 – Hawassa University community members have observed the 18th founding anniversary of the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (SEPDM) today.Members and supporters of the movement marked the anniversary through discussions held at Sidama Hall in Hawassa town, which mainly focused on national development issues.Participants of the event pledged to scale up their participations in development activities in order to attain Ethiopia’s ongoing drive toward renaissance.President of Hawassa University, Dr Yoseph Mamo, on the occasion said that the results that we see today in the area of peace, democracy and development are results of joint efforts of SEPDM and its affiliate organizations.
He said the changes registered in the economy, social and political sectors as a result of struggle wedged over the past years have laid foundation for the coming generation.The enrollment of students in higher learning institutions of Ethiopia, which was less than 10, 000 during the Derg regime, has now raised to 275,000 as a result of the construction of new universities and expansion works carried out on existing ones, he said. Communication Affairs Bureau Head of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s State, Zerihun Zewde, said students and instructors of higher learning institutions must do their parts in the efforts to join Ethiopia to the group of middle income countries.
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