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The [[Ethiopian National Literacy Campaign]] (NLC) has been largely financed by local, voluntary contributions. A major part of the budgetary burden rested on the shoulders of the Ethiopian masses. The major local donors to the National Literacy Campaign since 1979 have been the political Study Forums, trade unions, professional associations such as the Ethiopian Teachers Associations and the [[Ethiopian Journalists Association]], as well as mass organizations such as , the [[Urban Dwellers' Associations]], [[Peasants Association]], the [[Revolutionary Ethiopian Youth Association (REYA)]], [[Revolutionary Ethiopian Womens' Associations (REWA)]], as weIl as religious institutions including the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church]] and the [[Muslim]] Mosque. Non-government contributions comprised 65% of the total cost. <ref>{{Citation|author=Retta Alemayehu|year=1984|title=Literacy for Work: A Comparative Study of Literacy Campaigns in Tanzania and Ethiopia (Thesis)|page=89|pdf=https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item?id=TC-QMM-63117&op=pdf&app=Library&oclc_number=896881688|city=Montreal|publisher=McGill University}}</ref> | The [[Ethiopian National Literacy Campaign]] (NLC) has been largely financed by local, voluntary contributions. A major part of the budgetary burden rested on the shoulders of the Ethiopian masses. The major local donors to the National Literacy Campaign since 1979 have been the political Study Forums, trade unions, professional associations such as the Ethiopian Teachers Associations and the [[Ethiopian Journalists Association]], as well as mass organizations such as , the [[Urban Dwellers' Associations]], [[Peasants Association]], the [[Revolutionary Ethiopian Youth Association (REYA)]], [[Revolutionary Ethiopian Womens' Associations (REWA)]], as weIl as religious institutions including the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church]] and the [[Muslim]] Mosque. Non-government contributions comprised 65% of the total cost. <ref>{{Citation|author=Retta Alemayehu|year=1984|title=Literacy for Work: A Comparative Study of Literacy Campaigns in Tanzania and Ethiopia (Thesis)|page=89|pdf=https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item?id=TC-QMM-63117&op=pdf&app=Library&oclc_number=896881688|city=Montreal|publisher=McGill University}}</ref> | ||
The campaign is organized by the National Literacy Campaign Coordinating Committee (NLCCC) and executed by the Department of Adult Education (DAE) of the Ministry of Education (MOE). There are a series of four NLC committees replicated at central, regional, district ( | The campaign is organized by the National Literacy Campaign Coordinating Committee (NLCCC) and executed by the Department of Adult Education (DAE) of the Ministry of Education (MOE). There are a series of four NLC committees replicated at central, regional, district (awraja) and peasants' association/urban dwellers association levels, each responsible for particular aspects of campaign implementation.<ref name=":19">{{Citation|author=Christine McNab|year=1990|title=Language Policy and Language Practice: Implementing Multilingual Literacy Education in | ||
Ethiopia|page=69|publisher=African Studies Review, Vol. 33, No. 3, Special Issue for the International Year of | Ethiopia|page=69|publisher=African Studies Review, Vol. 33, No. 3, Special Issue for the International Year of | ||
Literacy, 65-82|doi=10.2307/524187}}</ref> Fifteen Ethiopian languages were designated for use for the spread of literacy: Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Tigrinya, Walaytta, Somali, Sidaama, Hadiyaa Selti, Kambaata, Afar, Tegre, Gideo, Kafa, Saho and Kunama. Textbooks were prepared in these 15 languages (first language of approx. 90% of the population, and known as a second or third language by many), many of them for the first time employing the Ethiopic Script.<ref name=":20" /> | Literacy, 65-82|doi=10.2307/524187}}</ref> Fifteen Ethiopian languages were designated for use for the spread of literacy: Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Tigrinya, Walaytta, Somali, Sidaama, Hadiyaa Selti, Kambaata, Afar, Tegre, Gideo, Kafa, Saho and Kunama. Textbooks were prepared in these 15 languages (first language of approx. 90% of the population, and known as a second or third language by many), many of them for the first time employing the Ethiopic Script.<ref name=":20" /> |