St Joseph's School, Addis Ababa, is a private

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primary and secondary school for boys, located near

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, in

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. Founded by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, more commonly known as the Lasallian Brothers, in 1959, the school is continued to be operated by the Brothers who provide an education to approximately 1,500 boys. Scholarships enable needy and deserving students to attend the school.

History

The school was founded in 1959 by the Lasallian Brothers and was staffed by American Brothers. Established for the wealthy and ruling class, after the revolution in the 1970s the school mainly caters for the children of civil servants and small traders.Aragay, D.W. (2011) ''Update from St. Joseph School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia''
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retrieved 20 June 2011. The school enrolls 1,500 boys, with classes between grades 1 and 12. Currently, the school is staffed almost entirely by lay teachers including the administration. The Lasallian Brothers conduct schools and colleges all over the world in eighty countries including five schools in Ethiopia: ( Dire Dawa, Addis Ababa (2),

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(also known as Nazret) and the

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(near

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