By ADOW JUBAT Garissa, Kenya: The rickety desk creaks as Sudhow Abdi, 13, a Standard Seven pupil at Bura Primary School in Fafi Constituency, Garissa County, adjusts her sitting position. The wooden desk creaks even louder as she lifts up her hand to answer a question. And as the English lesson continues, Abdi is torn between listening to the teacher and preventing the desk from crumbling. Huge cracks on the walls of her class exacerbate her plight. Strong winds blow through the crevices blowing away her tattered dress. When the teacher asks her to repeat what she had just said, Abdi stares at her blankly. The teacher lambasts her, but before she concludes, a she-goat roaming in the school compound with it its kids storms into the classroom through a huge crack scaring learners. Two boys volunteer to chase it away before the teacher continues with the lesson. The plight of pupils at Bura primary mirrors what happens in many schools across the country. Students sit on rickety desks or on the ground, learn under trees, lack teachers, books and other infrastructure that helps the teaching and learning process. Yet, it is the students in such schools who the Government is keen to offer free laptops. In its Sh1.6 trillion Budget presented in Parliament last week, the Government allocated Sh53 billion for the laptop programme. Facilities
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 04:50:36 +0000
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