Minutes:
MEETING AT ASAKO PRIMARY SCHOOL ON 21 OCTOBER 2018
PRESENT: Edward
Omao HT, Thomas Rogito - dp H/T
2. Stephen Kameti KWS/TAS
co-ordinator, Gill Marshall-Andrews.
Also in attendance for part of the meeting were 4 members of
teaching staff.
Robert Ngonyo, Martin Tsuma, Moses Kalama, Samwel Kalua
School update:
The school only has 19 candidates for KCPE this year – down from
35 last year.
The mean score last year was very low – 163. This year’s candidates are of higher calibre
so the score is expected to increase.
GMA asked if some poorer potential candidates had been dropped in order
to increase the score but HT said this was not the case. The drop in numbers was due to a smaller
cohort.
The printer funded by TAS was in use and the teachers were
very happy with it. It saves them having
to travel to Garissa – 6 hours by road – to get teaching and exam materials
copied.
The books funded by TAS have also arrived and are in use.
The exam candidates
have to go to Madogo – near Garissa – to sit their exams which is costly for
their families and the school. It is
hoped that next year Asako will be designated an exam centre so this does not
have to happen.
GMA noted that the fence was broken down and the staff
quarters have still not been repaired.
The school has received 5 new teachers from Kilifi to replace the local
staff previously in place. The new
teachers seemed very keen and able. They
accepted the need to pay rent for their housing so as to ensure that the buildings
can be maintained. The HT has promised
to make this happen and to repair the fence.
The school expects to receive 60 students for Standard 1 in
January – up from 35 last year.
The school manages 4 ECD centres, including one over the
river.
UNICEF have promised more beds, mattresses, sports equipment
and water filters.
The school will raise proposals for an educational trip and
benchmarking.
Next meeting: End
January 2018
