Eleven
out of twelve candidates who sat for the standard seven national
examinations this year have passed. This is a rare feat, for it is
reported that, their school, Machari Primary School in Bagamoyo
District, Coast Region, has only one teacher and is so badly serviced
that it does not even have a bathroom among other necessities.
Speaking to The Guardian, Machari primary school Head-teacher and the only teacher at the school, Christopher Gelvas, said the students studied under extremely difficult conditions.
“Our school is located in a very remote area where essential services such as water, electricity and even toilets…are
Speaking to The Guardian, Machari primary school Head-teacher and the only teacher at the school, Christopher Gelvas, said the students studied under extremely difficult conditions.
“Our school is located in a very remote area where essential services such as water, electricity and even toilets…are
completely not available,” he lamented.
“currently our students and I use the bushes to relieve ourselves...” he conceded noting that because of the sad fact students at the school have been suffering from various hygiene related communicable diseases especially schistosomiasis and diarrhea.
“But parents are now volunteering to construct a toilet,” he reported nonetheless that he decried the fact that it is a single toilet which is going to serve all 155 students, 78 are girls and 77 boys.
“The only available drinking water is at a cattle dip some 18 kilometres away…the closest dispensary is 25 kilometres from the school,” reveals the school’s solo teacher who went on to explain that he has to borrow books from other schools to teach with and use ‘only one black board for different classes.’
He emotionally blamed the village and ward officials for not supporting his efforts.
Established in 2007 and the 11 students who passed were its first intake, the school head, as many others across the country, is faced with a dire shortage of teaching and learning facilities such as books, desks, chairs and teachers.
Two teachers were apparently sent to the school (by government placement) but due to the areas’ lack of social services they opted to transfer and did.
“In order to meet the teaching demand for my pupils I use to divide a single blackboard for all pupils at the school,” he noted.
However, commendably, Machari Primary School has managed to pass all its candidates less only one an. The school scored the sixth position in the entire district of Bagamoyo and 25th in the Coast Region, an achievement that demands special consideration by government and other stakeholders.
source: The Guardian/IPP
“currently our students and I use the bushes to relieve ourselves...” he conceded noting that because of the sad fact students at the school have been suffering from various hygiene related communicable diseases especially schistosomiasis and diarrhea.
“But parents are now volunteering to construct a toilet,” he reported nonetheless that he decried the fact that it is a single toilet which is going to serve all 155 students, 78 are girls and 77 boys.
“The only available drinking water is at a cattle dip some 18 kilometres away…the closest dispensary is 25 kilometres from the school,” reveals the school’s solo teacher who went on to explain that he has to borrow books from other schools to teach with and use ‘only one black board for different classes.’
He emotionally blamed the village and ward officials for not supporting his efforts.
Established in 2007 and the 11 students who passed were its first intake, the school head, as many others across the country, is faced with a dire shortage of teaching and learning facilities such as books, desks, chairs and teachers.
Two teachers were apparently sent to the school (by government placement) but due to the areas’ lack of social services they opted to transfer and did.
“In order to meet the teaching demand for my pupils I use to divide a single blackboard for all pupils at the school,” he noted.
However, commendably, Machari Primary School has managed to pass all its candidates less only one an. The school scored the sixth position in the entire district of Bagamoyo and 25th in the Coast Region, an achievement that demands special consideration by government and other stakeholders.
source: The Guardian/IPP
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