This week I talked with a lady that teaches in Africa. After some research I found that Namibia has unlike our public schools no counselors or librarians . All the books that are received are from donations and funding. The language of choice is English. The children are learning to be fluent in reading and writing. Uniforms are required and this is done by funding as well. In order for the children to have any contact with computers Ms. Turners ( a retired school teacher from Charlotte NC, does mission work through the assistance from her church. church did fund raisers and took donations for a 2 years. This misson work is a full filling way for her it a is way for her to give back and continue teaching since she has retired. Some interesting facts about Namibia school system is the dduration of regular education is about 10 years. Enrollment start at age 6 years, and normally ends around 15 years of age.
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20% of employees in Namibia have no education for the profession they are working in; about 45% only attended primary school. Pre-schools and Kindergartens are privately runned by the state. There are about 1500 schools in the country and only about 100 are private schools centers. Even though over there past couple of years enrollment has increased and the drop our rate has decreased the problem that the schools face is that Namibia is a large country. There is very low population density in most parts and in some regions schools are still very far away for some people. There are places where transportation is not
provided and parents refuse to send their children on a several mile walk to and from school.
3 comments:
Namibia situation is not peculiar to them; a few other African counties are in this state. It is sad; I usually imagine the condition of children in such environment. I read once about kindergarten children sourcing for water in Kenya. I hope the current global collaboration will strengthen things. Good job.
I guess we really take for granted having people such as librarians and counselor for us to rely on as we continue through our studies. We have always and them there and wouldn't know any differently.
it nice to know that we still have people who would go out of their way to help the future generation. the contribution of the church / charity is commendable. Because of their help some children would get an education.
Deola
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