The traditional school of Ethiopian Orthodox Church is full of spiritual and cultural heritagesrnwith tremendous spiritual songs, better known as 'Saint Yared's songs' and has been used asrncenter of learning in which the society depended on for their spiritual and secular life forrncenturies. It is endemic to Ethiopia, no where in the world is available such an exciting, colorful,rnamazing and eye-catching wealth of Saint Yared's songs with their religious dance in therntraditional schoolsBefore introduction of modern education into Ethiopia, these schools were playing pivotal role inrnspreading literacy to the people. People were thought the skills of reading and writing,rnarithmetic, art, architecture, law, governance, medication and other skills in these traditionalrnschoolsThere are different schools, in which different kinds of educational specialization are offered,rnnamely, "Nibab bet" (school of reading) which deals with skills of reading and writing.rn"Kidasie bet" which deals with the kind of pray during mass service. "Kine bet" which dealsrnwith highly elaborated, strict, and multiplied form of ' geez' poetry. "Zema bet" (school ofrnhymen) deals with the hymn of St. Yared and his musical notations. "Aquaquam bet" (school ofrnswaying and chanting) deals with the chanting of St. Yared with its typical kind of dance andrnmusical instruments. 'Metsahft bet' (school of books) deals with the details of Old Testament,rnNew Testanlent, Liqawnt and Menekosta, After passing through this entire educational system,rnone becomes a master of one specific schoolrnThe 1974 political change from a monarchical system to a ' communist' anti - religion system hasrnaffected traditional church life at all levels, and in its place secular education has increased. Thernnumber of students coming to these schools is decreasing in an alarming rate, the greatestrnteachers are passing away and the would be successor youth is attracted by modern life. In 2002rnthere were only few "four eyed" scholars left (who has mastered the Old and New Testanlents,rnBook of the Church Fathers and the Book of the Monks.) Because of lack of these scholars andrntheir students, thousands of Ethiopian Orthodox Churches are already closed in the countryside.rnEven though some of the schools are still offering church education, it is not in the way it wasrnperformed before.rnIf properly conducted the schools have great potential to attract tourists from any corner of thernglob.