Minutes:
NOTES OF AN INFORMAL MEETING AT MIVUKONI ON 16 OCTOBER 2013
Present:
Principal Lilian, Deputy Head Joshua Maikui, Boniface, Luke, Stephen Kameti, Gill
Marshall-Andrews
General update:
Lilian was away from Feb to September. In her absence the newly appointed D/H was in
charge.
245 students on roll including 80 girls. 52 in Form 4 taking the KCSE.
Boys dropping out is a problem. ? Strategy to address this?
Boys and girls are taught separately in Form 3 and 4.
9 TSC teachers plus 5 BOG teachers plus librarian.
Expect one more from government very soon.
Timetable consists of 10 x 40 min lessons per day.
Out of a total of 40 lessons per week, Luke teaches 31
lessons, Boniface 28, D/H 12 and Principal 9.
(As an aside I said that they had far more free time that their UK
equivalents!)
The science lab does not have proper gas and water
services. A proposal for this will be
done urgently.
There has been no water to the school for some months. The pump at the borehole is broken. A proposal was submitted to the Ministry of
Water in July. No follow up has been
made?
The general status of water in the school is poor – cracked
tanks, not all rooves are guttered.
The dormitories are functioning with capacity for 120 girls
and 200 boys. They are not currently
full.
IT
It was agreed that some of the Camara computers could be
transferred to the library to maximise use.
Having only one room for computer use means that half the computers
cannot be used at any one time. School will install a cable from the
computer lab to the library to enable internet access from the library.
Computers all seemed to be working. Camara maintenance is being done. Boniface made the case for an IT technician
to help with the preparation of the computers for class learning across the
curriculum. This will encourage teachers
to use the computers for their classes.
School to prepare proposal to TAS for an IT technician.
A newsletter has been
promised for a long time. It will be
delivered by end October.
Proposals
IT technician - half salary?
Water and gas to science lab
Form 3 trip will be considered at the next TAS meeting. TAS likely to pay for bus (90,000/-) and for
students accommodation (18,600/-).
Payment should be made direct to bus and accommodation providers.
Veg garden as student enterprise – possible use of Frank’s
funding? If no project is agreed for
these funds by the end of term the money may be transferred to another school.
Gill Marshall-Andrews
0725 621153
21 October 2013
