Minutes:
NOTES OF A
VISIT TO EL RAR PRIMARY SCHOOL – 7 FEBRUARY 2023
Present:
Mr
Marc DH,
Mr Joshua Orobo Class 7
English, Mr Wanjala Class 4,
Mr James Class 3, Madam
Rahema PP1 And PP2, Lucy Fitzjohn
GAWPT, Stephen Kameti GAWPT/TAS,
Gill Marshall-Andrews TAS UK.
Apologies:
Mr
Shoka Class 2, Mr Benjamin ?? HT,
Madam Kjadija RE and BOM teacher.
School
update:
The numbers
on roll are very low – total 68 including 21 girls.
PP1 2
children, PP2 8 children.
7 TSC teachers
and 1 BOM. A very big problem is
accommodation for teachers. There is
really nowhere for them to stay.
Discussion:
There was a
long discussion about why the school is not thriving and why the community is
not supportive of the school. Points
made:
Muslim
leaders prevent children joining the ECD because they have to learn the
DUQS before they can enrol in normal
education.
Children
may be allowed into school when there is milk but they leave when there is not.
Language is
a problem because the community generally don’t speak Swahili or English.
Very few of
the local population are educated so role models are few.
Ways to
encourage children into school and to stay there:
Education
days,
Monthly
‘party’ for those who attend school regularly.
New TV to
show films – old TV is broken
Benchmarking
to give inspiration and experience of a good school.
Educational
trip to widen experiences.
Projects
for funding
The banda
funds will be vired to other smaller projects – above – as there is no point in
investing in another building when the school is failing. The teachers wanted a printer very badly and
this will be considered.
TAS and
GAWPT will approach the Governor/ County Minister of Education and the MP about
the situation.
