The principle of Primary School III in Benunuk in the sub-district of Metinaro just to the east of Dili, Apolinario Manuel Luis Belo, says that the school he runs does not have enough desks and chairs so some of the students sit on the floor.
“Although our school does not have enough desks and chairs, the teaching-learning process is still smooth" said Apolinario when meeting the journalist of this newspaper in the Distict Office, Kaikoli, on Friday (18/4).It was also said that, apart from insufficient desks and chairs, the school is frequently ruined by the local community's animals, such as goats and cows.
According to Apolinario, there were 726 students registered at the school for the 2007/2008 school year. They are educated by 14 permanent classification 10 teachers, 3 contracted teachers and one honorary teacher (voluntary)The school has only 3 class rooms.
UNICEF assisted with 7 tents so some of the students were transferred to the tents. “A while ago, UNICEF assisted again with 14 tents. Each day the tents must be set up so that the children can sit in them and be taught," he added.
He said that all of these deficiencies had been reported to the Minister for Education and Culture. In 2006, a team from the education ministry did a survey and took pictures. However, until now, there has been no intervention to address these problems.“Not only that but several non-government organisations also collected data from the students and the teachers, but the outcome is the same," said Apolinario with a tone of disappointment.
Furthermore, based on the observations of this newspaper's journalist, this school is always surrounded by domestic livestock from the local community so that around the edges of the class room and inside the tents, there is always dung from the livestock. Every night, dozens of goats sleep on the porch of the school.
Gec http://www.suaratimorlorosae.com/details.php?id=12565&now=2008-04-22 translation ww2008
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“Although our school does not have enough desks and chairs, the teaching-learning process is still smooth" said Apolinario when meeting the journalist of this newspaper in the Distict Office, Kaikoli, on Friday (18/4).It was also said that, apart from insufficient desks and chairs, the school is frequently ruined by the local community's animals, such as goats and cows.
According to Apolinario, there were 726 students registered at the school for the 2007/2008 school year. They are educated by 14 permanent classification 10 teachers, 3 contracted teachers and one honorary teacher (voluntary)The school has only 3 class rooms.
UNICEF assisted with 7 tents so some of the students were transferred to the tents. “A while ago, UNICEF assisted again with 14 tents. Each day the tents must be set up so that the children can sit in them and be taught," he added.
He said that all of these deficiencies had been reported to the Minister for Education and Culture. In 2006, a team from the education ministry did a survey and took pictures. However, until now, there has been no intervention to address these problems.“Not only that but several non-government organisations also collected data from the students and the teachers, but the outcome is the same," said Apolinario with a tone of disappointment.
Furthermore, based on the observations of this newspaper's journalist, this school is always surrounded by domestic livestock from the local community so that around the edges of the class room and inside the tents, there is always dung from the livestock. Every night, dozens of goats sleep on the porch of the school.
Gec http://www.suaratimorlorosae.com/details.php?id=12565&now=2008-04-22 translation ww2008
East Timor Law & Justice Bulletin - Latest legal news, information and analysis from Timor-Leste in English.
East Timor Law Journal - Towards the rule of law in Timor-Leste!
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