Abstract:
The first activity of the new Executive Committee of the BSE
elected in 1996 was the Sixth Annual Conference of the BSE.
The Conference was held in the Faculty of Science between
February 6-7, 1997. The two-day Conference was attended by a
large number of participants. Unlike previous Conferences, the
Sixth Annual Conference was marked by a high level of
participation by biology teachers drawn from different regions.
About thirty of these were sponsored by the Biological Society
of Ethiopia to participate in the Conference.
The program was officially opened by Her Excellency Wzo
Genet Zewde, Minister of Education. In her official speech
Wzo Genet stressed the key role that professional societies
such as the BSE could play in the implementation of the new
'Education and Training Policy,' the advancement of Science
and Technology in the country, the development and growth of
biology education as well as the promotion of biological
research and professional excellence.
