Kolal school

Kolal School is a public school for grades 0 (preparatory) through 8 in Kolal, Debre Nazret, Dogu’a Tembien, Tigray, Ethiopia.[1]

Kolal school
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Location
Kolal school
Kolal

Debre Nazret municipality
,
Tigray

Ethiopia
Coordinates13.5195°N 39.3263°E / 13.5195; 39.3263
Information
TypePublic School
School districtDogu’a Tembien
Staff10 teachers
Grades0–8th
GenderCo-Educational
Number of students294
LanguageTigrinya, English
Data pertaining to2018[1]

Description

The Kolal School has 7 class rooms. As of 2018, the school had 294 students, 127 girls and 167 boys.[1] There were:

  • 40 students in one class in Grade 0
  • 35 students in one class in Grade 1
  • 30 students in one class in Grade 2
  • 30 students in one class in Grade 3
  • 38 students in one class in Grade 4
  • 29 students in one class in Grade 5
  • 34 students in one class in Grade 6
  • 24 students in one class in Grade 7
  • 35 students in one class in Grade 8

Water and sanitation
Ecosan toilet building at Kolal school

In 2018, water was not available at the school. The school had a roof water harvesting, but it was damaged. There were no specific facilities for girls handling menstrual hygiene;[1] this is a major reason for adolescent girls dropping out from school.[2][3] Up to 2018, there was a small toilet building, in poor condition.[1]

In 2019, the School WatSani project has built an Ecosan toilet building at this school.[4][5] Through nudging approach, the students are sensitised for using the sanitation and water facilities.[4]

Transportation

All children travel to school on foot. Many students will walk more than an hour (sometimes two), twice a day, to come to school.[1]

Other challenges

The smaller children often miss school because of fear for hyenas on the way.[1]

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See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. What do we hear from the farmers in Dogu'a Tembien? [in Tigrinya]. Hagere Selam, Ethiopia. 2016. p. 100.
  4. Griet Verrewaere, 2019. Report of latrine use and behaviour amongst students - The nudging approach at School-Watsani. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.
  5. 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.
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