Minutes:
MEETING
WITH JARAJARA PRIMARY SCHOOL HEADTEACHER IN MWINGI
(it was not
possible to get to the school in the time available so the headteacher
travelled to Mwingi to meet us)
17 FEBRUARY
2022
Prsent:
Mohamed
Abdirahim Headteacher
Stephen Kameti
TAS
Gill
Marshall-Andrews TAS UK
School
update:
There are 462
children on roll – 262 boys and 200 girls.
An energetic Enrolment Drive (Out of School initiative) has been
conducted by the Chief and the headteacher.
There are
now more girl candidates for the KCSE exam next month than boys _25 girls and
21 boys.
This is
almost double the number in 2021.
There are
still only 3 TSC teachers including the HT.
The 6 young people from the Youth Service who have helped out in the
classroom have temporarily been withdrawn due to a land dispute with the
community. This leave 462 with only 3
teachers!! Last year GMA visited the
Ministry of Education in Garissa to discuss the dire situation but nothing
appears to have happened. GMA will write
again.
Given the
shortage of teacher it is extraordinary that 9 girls and 2 boys managed to
score over 300 in the exams last year.
The
priority project is 4 more latrines.
