Minutes:
NOTE OF A MEETING AT ASAKO PRIMARY SCHOOL ON
28 FEBRUARY 2020
Present:
Vincent Juma HT, Ismail Solola Fodho local trustee, Abdillaih Bhoru Parent, Stephen Kameti TAS/KWS, Gill Marshall-Andrews TAS UK.
School update:
259 students on roll -162 boys and 97 girls.
Standard 8 exam entrants
21 – 16 boys and 10 girls. All are expected to go on to secondary school
under new government rules.
There is still significant drop out as students –
particularly girls – get older but the chief is required to chase these up. There are still girls at home who have not
been registered at all.
Attendance has been
generally patchy due to the difficulty of getting across the river.
Boarders – 7 girls
from the primary school and 15 from Kora Secondary.
27 boys are boarding.
Staff houses
The staff houses have had some repairs done and do look a
bit better. However there is a major
problem with the water supply. The HT
agreed that he would get an estimate to repair this and that teachers would
then be asked to fund the work. SK to
monitor this. Teachers will henceforth
pay Kes 1k per room. There is Kes 7k in
the staff house account. 8 secondary
teachers occupy the rooms along with 7/8 primary.
Projects
The Mkopa solar is working and will be used in two of the
classrooms.
The government solar is not working as the batteries are
defunct. This is common among all schools. The government has promised more
batteries.
Mattresses would help to encourage more girls in
school. KES 40k would buy 20 mattresses
which could be used predominantly for girls.
There is nowhere to store books in the classrooms so many
are still in broken dirty boxes on the floor and many are being eaten by
insects.
Cupboards would help with this and will be costed.
