Minutes:
NOTES OF A
MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF
EBURRU
PRIMARY SCHOOL ON 25 JANUARY 2023
Present: Mr Kariuki
HT, Zacharia Karundu BOM Chair,
all 10 other Board members and Gill Marshall-Andrews TAS.
Apologies: Nicole Church
TAS
School
update:
One day
before the school opened GMA and Nicole Church visited the school and were
distressed to find some of the classrooms in a very bad state – dirty with
broken desks and windows.
Also of
concern was the state of the cement floor in the 3 classrooms re-furbished by
TAS 3 years ago. The floor had crumbled
which was clearly a sign that the contractor had failed to use the appropriate
proportion of cement in the screed. He
apologised and has promised to re-do the floor during the Easter holiday.
The project
to concrete the courtyard was completed with the exception of one corner where
the water would not drain properly. The
contractor agreed to remedy this .
The school
opened yesterday after the long break.
HT expects around 540 children to be on roll by the end of the
week. This is approximately the same as
the last 2 years.
Exam
results in 2022 were slightly improved on 2021 with 8 children getting more
than 300 marks. One girl achieved 380
and received an Equity scholarship.
The BOM
were deep in discussions about the new curriculum which entails Class 7 being
designated Junior Secondary and requiring to be taught differently . This will entail additional secondary
teachers being appointed to the school.
But nothing is very clear at present.
The school
now has 16 TSC teachers which is a great improvement on previous allocations of
staff.
The Board
requested TAS considers a sports project, an educational trip and a water
tank. Proposals for these projects will
be prepared and forwarded by the HT.
