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Information about the students:

We finished the school with 225 students (102 girls and 123 boys). 

7 students from the first 3 years will not make it to the next year. The results for the 4th year students at the national exam BEPC was not very good. Only 20 out of 65 students got it. This is only 31% success rate when our objective is 80%. We are still better than local public secondary schools which had 14  and 18% success rate.

We beleive that the main reason for this low success rate comes from the lack of leadership of the personnel in charge at the school.

Information about the personnel:

The lack of results at the school makes us look again at the quality of the teachers we have. We have recruited a new general manager who will start August 1st 2016. We are sure this will bring discipline and control at the school.

New infrastructure:

We have built in 2016 a nursing post, a refectory for the boys and a stable.

Activities of the students of the first 3 years in the month of june:

School year closed on July 2th. In june the students of the first 3 years were busy with activities in the fields (ploughing, seeding), computer lessons and animation activities (dances, theater, music).

New school year:

The new school year will start September 12th 2016. We expect to have 213 students.

We need your support to help those students coming from poor rural families to have access to a better and apppropriate education.

LAP report 13th March 2016

New infrastructure:

We have been able to find funds for the construction of a stable. It will be ready end of May 2016. We are planning to have 1 bull, 3 cows, 2 oxen, 1 ram and 10 sheep. This will complement the alreday existing piggery for the husbandery studies at the LAP.

Second cycle secondary studies at the LAP:

4th year students who are succesful with their state exam (BEPC) will be able to continue their studies at the LAP. This second cycle is for 4 years. The goal is to have at the end of teh 4 year the baccalaureate in agriculture. We expect to have between 40 and 50 students in this new program starting September 2016.

Liquid organic fertilizer:

The agronomy teacher has taught the students how to make liquid fertilizer using earth, grass, manure and water. It is being tested on vegetables and it is very promising.

Distribution of water bottles:

In order to inprove hygiene and decrease spillage of water, each student got a water bottle offered by the association "jointhepipe".

• LAP report 13th March 2016 (DOCX)