Atse Yohannes School (Zala)
Atse Yohannes School is a public school for grades 1 through 8 in Zala, Degol Woyane, Dogu’a Tembien, Tigray, Ethiopia.[1]
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Location | |
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Zala Degol Woyane municipality , | |
Coordinates | 13.663°N 39.102°E |
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Type | Public School |
School district | Dogu’a Tembien |
Staff | 12 teachers |
Grades | 1-8 |
Gender | Co-Educational |
Number of students | 362 |
Language | Tigrinya, English |
School named after | Yohannes IV |
Data pertaining to | 2020[1] |
Description
The Atse Yohannes School holds four classrooms. In 2020, the school had 362 students, 209 girls and 153 boys.[1] There were:
- 56 students in one class in Grade 1
- 62 students in one class in Grade 2
- 47 students in one class in Grade 3
- 43 students in one class in Grade 4
- 36 students in one class in Grade 5
- 44 students in one class in Grade 6
- 26 students in one class in Grade 7
- 48 students in one class in Grade 8
Classes are organised by morning and afternoon shifts, using the same classrooms.
Water and sanitation
Water is available in a spring nearby the school. There were no specific facilities for girls handling menstrual hygiene; this is a major reason for adolescent girls dropping out from school.[2][3][4] Up to 2020, there was no toilet building in the school compound.[1]
In 2020, the School WatSani project has built an Ecosan toilet building at this school. Through nudging approach, the students are sensitised for using the sanitation facilities.[5][6]
Transportation
All children travel to school on foot. Many students will walk more than an hour, twice a day, to come to school.[7]
School name
The school is named after Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV who was born in this village and baptised in the nearby May Baha rock church.[8][9]
Homonymous school
This school should not be confused with the Atse Yohannes Primary and Secondary school in Mekelle, which is way larger in number of students, and much better equipped.[10]
See also
- Education in Ethiopia
- List of schools by country
- List of universities and colleges in Ethiopia
References
- Internal report, Education Office Dogu’a Tembien. Hagere Selam, Ethiopia
- Socio-demographic profile, food insecurity and food-aid based response. In: Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. 2019. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
- What do we hear from the farmers in Dogu'a Tembien? [in Tigrinya]. Hagere Selam, Ethiopia. 2016. p. 100.
- Wilberg, J., 2004. Female education in Tigray, Ethiopia. UMB, Norway. p. 104 http://www.umb.no/statisk/noragric/publications/master/2004_jeanett_wilberg.pdf
- Griet Verrewaere, 2019. Report of latrine use and behaviour amongst students - The nudging approach at School-Watsani. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.
- Reubens, B. and colleagues (2019). Research-Based Development Projects in Dogu'a Tembien. In: Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains — The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04955-3_30. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
- Goele Treuttens and Linde Van Der Vurst, 2018. Baseline study about water and sanitation in ten selected schools by the project ‘School – Watsani’ and in the community around the schools in ten different villages in the Woreda Dogu’a Tembien. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.
- Description of trekking routes in Dogu'a Tembien. In: Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. 2019. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
- Gerster, G. (1972). Kirchen im Fels – Entdeckungen in Äthiopien. Zürich: Atlantis Verlag.
- Wilberg, J., 2004. Female education in Tigray, Ethiopia. UMB, Norway. p. 29 http://www.umb.no/statisk/noragric/publications/master/2004_jeanett_wilberg.pdf