Ralekgetho Primary School

This is my primary work place. The primary schools in Botswana are grades 1-7. There isn’t a kindergarten or pre-school here. There are 7 teachers (1 for each standard or grade) 1 of whom is also the deputy head and another 1 is also the guidance and counseling teacher, 1 headmaster, 2 cooks, a cleaner, around a dozen teachers aids, and about 165 students. The teacher aids and clinic aids are really interesting because they’re all school drop outs. There is a government program that hires school drop outs to help in place like the school and clinic to give them work. I will be working closely with the standard 7 teacher who is the guidance and counseling teacher. It currently sounds like my main focus will be assisting with implementing a curriculum they have here called the living curriculum as well as helping to set up after school programs and activities and assisting with other government driven programs to help with things like teen pregnancy and school performance. My school is currently not performing well, so the headmaster, my supervisor, wants my assistance with improving their scores. The school year is year round, beginning in January. They have a couple weeks off around April and July, I believe, and then all of December. During the first term they have lots of athletics, the second is for ball sports, and the third all extra curricular activities cease while they spend the whole term preparing for the end of year exams.

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