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Over 300 pupils of Kinyambwiga A and B primary schools in Bunda District Mara Region study under trees while sitting on logs and stones for lack of classrooms.
The schools also lack basic equipment at a time the government claims it has successfully attained its Big Result Now (BRN) strategy in the education sector, in efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goals MDGs.
The situation has adversely affected the pupils health wise because of being exposed to rain, cold,heat and dust most of the time while learning.
The teachers said they affixed blackboards on trees for the pupils to see what is taught. About 130 pupils at Kinyambwiga A in Standard Two and Standard Five study under the trees.
Some of the pupils asked the government to 'rescue them' from the difficulties and enable them to get proper education in a modern school.
Representatives from Kinyambwiga B Primary School with 180 pupils told this reporter that they sit on logs and stones in the open for because of classrooms.
They appealed to their parents, community, the government and other stakeholders to solve their problems. This situation is affecting us because sometimes it gets very hot, rainy, cold and dusty while we have nowhere to hide.
The teachers of the two schools including the headteachers said they work under a very difficult environment.
You dont expect pupils to understand or grasp properly what is taught while learning in this situation. It is even very difficult for them to have good handwriting, said Mussa Lubeleli from Kinyambwiga A .
We try hard to educate them, they try to grasp what we teach, but the results are always bad... all this is caused by poor learning environment, said Lubeleli.
Bunda District Education Officer Jeshi Pembe admitted the unfavourable conditions that prevail at the two schools, blaming what mentioned as villagers' unwillingness to contribute to the construction of classes and making desks.
Children attending the two schools are from very poor peasant and pastoralist families in Bunda District, The Guardian on Sunday established.
SOURCE: GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY
The schools also lack basic equipment at a time the government claims it has successfully attained its Big Result Now (BRN) strategy in the education sector, in efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goals MDGs.
The situation has adversely affected the pupils health wise because of being exposed to rain, cold,heat and dust most of the time while learning.
The teachers said they affixed blackboards on trees for the pupils to see what is taught. About 130 pupils at Kinyambwiga A in Standard Two and Standard Five study under the trees.
Some of the pupils asked the government to 'rescue them' from the difficulties and enable them to get proper education in a modern school.
Representatives from Kinyambwiga B Primary School with 180 pupils told this reporter that they sit on logs and stones in the open for because of classrooms.
They appealed to their parents, community, the government and other stakeholders to solve their problems. This situation is affecting us because sometimes it gets very hot, rainy, cold and dusty while we have nowhere to hide.
The teachers of the two schools including the headteachers said they work under a very difficult environment.
You dont expect pupils to understand or grasp properly what is taught while learning in this situation. It is even very difficult for them to have good handwriting, said Mussa Lubeleli from Kinyambwiga A .
We try hard to educate them, they try to grasp what we teach, but the results are always bad... all this is caused by poor learning environment, said Lubeleli.
Bunda District Education Officer Jeshi Pembe admitted the unfavourable conditions that prevail at the two schools, blaming what mentioned as villagers' unwillingness to contribute to the construction of classes and making desks.
Children attending the two schools are from very poor peasant and pastoralist families in Bunda District, The Guardian on Sunday established.
SOURCE: GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY
