It never ceases to amaze me how much teachers enjoy visiting other schools, and our curiosity about the Kenyan education system had been piqued from the first thoughts about the trip. Imagine our unmitigated delight when we discovered Salato School near our manyattas in Ngurunit, a school Steven Labarakwe has worked hard to build with the support of his Dutch supporters at Ayuda en Todos Partes. We spent our service time in the local Ngurunit Primary School located near the town center and built by missionaries years ago. Steven's proudest achievement, however, was clearly the school compound he built in 2009 (again, in part with Dutch support) in the remote vil
lage of Mpagas. It was on our journey to Mpagas that we read the thorough reports by his head teachers accounting for everything from test scores to inventory. These reports were simultaneously impressive in their comprehensiveness and humbling in the kinds of issues faced by school leaders in this remote region.
As we know all too well, the state of the physical plants of our schools, while important, represents only one of the things which command our time and attention, and this is no less true here. In conversations with Steven, he emphasized the need for teacher training and school resources in the form of everything from water supply to desks to curriculum materials. In setting the priorities, he set all of our thoughts in the direction of ways in which we, as individuals and in our roles as school and association leaders, can direct our support.
lage of Mpagas. It was on our journey to Mpagas that we read the thorough reports by his head teachers accounting for everything from test scores to inventory. These reports were simultaneously impressive in their comprehensiveness and humbling in the kinds of issues faced by school leaders in this remote region.As we know all too well, the state of the physical plants of our schools, while important, represents only one of the things which command our time and attention, and this is no less true here. In conversations with Steven, he emphasized the need for teacher training and school resources in the form of everything from water supply to desks to curriculum materials. In setting the priorities, he set all of our thoughts in the direction of ways in which we, as individuals and in our roles as school and association leaders, can direct our support.
Laurel
Photos: Claudia Daggett
"Head's Office, Ngurunit Primary School"
"Salato Primary School"
"Arrival at Ngurunit Primary School"
"Through the Classroom Window, Ngurunit Primary School"
"Head Teacher at the Blackboard, Ngurunit Primary School"
"Service in Ngurunit: Painting the Blackboards"
"Service in Ngurunit: Collecting Rocks for School Foundation"
"Walk on the Campus of Mpagas"
"Visit to Mpagas"
"Discussing a Penpal Exchange, Mpagas"
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