Minutes:
NOTES OF A
VISIT TO LOLDIA PRIMARY SCHOOL ON 12 JANUARY 2024
Present:
Joseph
Njeru Headteacher
Gill
Marshall-Andrews
Apologies: Ben
Arentz due to illness.
School update:
School roll
is currently 2047 plus 212 in ECD (PP1 and PP2)
KCPE
results:
2023 MS 259 with 254 candidates
2022 MS 251
with 217 candidates
2021 MS 258
with 239 candidates
So the
results are pretty static. But 4 girls
were admitted to National Schools which is cause for celebration.
School fees
are as follows:
ECD KES 1400 per term. This is quite high and is due to the employment
of 3 additional teachers in addition to the 3 provided by the county.
Class 1 – 8 KES 500 per term. This
is fairly low and is due to the sponsorship by local flower farms which removes
the need for parents to fund additional teachers. The fees are paying for transport, accommodation and food in connection with
Sports and Music events.
Students
are now not allowed to leave the compound during lunch time so there have been
no pregnancies last year. 160 are
provided with lunch at 400 KES per month.
The rest of the students bring a packed lunch.
The playing
field is sadly now devoid of grass despite the rain. This is because so many local teams from the
community use it and because the chief allows goats to graze on it. Also the fence is inadequate. The only solution would be for another sports
field to be donated by a local flower farm for community use. This would allow the school field to recover.
Closing
down of TAS.
GMA
explained that TAS will be closing down this year so no further projects are
likely to be funded by us. JN thanked us
for our long term support, particularly for the staff room and the dining hall.
