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| From Tanzania 2011 |
In conversation with one young teacher, she told me that her average class size was 100 children.
That's a 1 to 100 ratio in a classroom with very few resources such as assistants and computers or even the basics like paper and pencils. It is very inspiring to know that these teachers want the same for their students that we teachers want for ours in Canada. Although very few students attend school after seventh grade as they cannot afford the tuition for secondary school, the teachers still want to have their students produce strong academic results by the time they leave. We have been impressed by the level of English vocabulary that these children have learned especially when today's kindergarten class was reciting the ABC's.
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| From Tanzania 2011 |
Watching the children running down the roads we have travelled to go to school, only emphasizes the importance and joy of their days in school.
So when we talk to the parents we emphasize that one of the goals of Sleeping Children is to give each child a good night's sleep so they can be successful at school.
Nancy Loveless
for SCAW Team Tanzania 2011
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