Minutes:
MEETING AT
BOKA PRIMARFY SCHOOL
15 FEBRUARY
2022
Present:
Peter
Makau Headteacher
Mercy
Njeru Deputy Headteacher
Stephen Kameti
TAS
Gill
Marshall-Andrews TAS UK
School
update:
The school
looked in good shape except for the fence!
Still waiting for the new one to be started by the school and the
parents. (TAS has agreed to support it once others have begun).
There are
649 children on roll – exactly half are
girls.
Of the
current KCPE candidates, 21 are girls and 14 boys. This is extraordinary given that when we
started working there no girls had continued in school long enough to take the
exam. It seems that the government Back
to School initiative conducted by the chief and the headteacher has paid
off. More girls enrolled but also sadly
more boys left the area to look for jobs during the pandemic when schools were closed.
This is
clearly a very successful headteacher – committed and respected by this
fractured community. He does not come
from the area so that helps.
The
priority project for the school is solar lighting for the admin block. This will transform the teachers’ lives as
they are currently not able to work after dark.
Exam
results:
2020 Mean
Score 212
2020 MS 241
2022d MS
target 250 (candidates) Exam to be taken
in March 2022.
The school
starts a new year in April and expects to recruit 2 streams in Class 1.
The
government also wants the HT to help set up a new secondary school nearby
called Abagala Secondary School. He will be the Acting Principal initially.
This is undoubtedly on the back of the success of the primary school under the
his leadership. The new school will have 4 classrooms and
latrines by April.
40 Mama
Leyla solar lights had been donated to the school via TAS and these were handed
out – on loan – to 5 needy and talented students
from the 4 top classes. Photos of this
event will be forwarded to Mama Leyla.
