May Sa'iri school
May Sa’iri School is a public school for grades 1 through 4 in May Sa’iri, Melfa, Dogu’a Tembien, Tigray, Ethiopia.[1]
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May Sa’iri Melfa municipality , | |
Coordinates | 13.6407°N 39.1607°E |
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Type | Public School |
School district | Dogu’a Tembien |
Staff | 4 teachers |
Grades | 1 to 4 |
Gender | Co-Educational |
Number of students | 135 |
Language | Tigrinya |
Data pertaining to | 2018[1] |
Description
The May Sa’iri School has 3 roofed class rooms and one open-air class. As of 2018, the school had 135 students, 60 girls and 68 boys.[1] There were:
- 33 students in one class in Grade 1
- 34 students in one class in Grade 2
- 32 students in one class in Grade 3
- 37 students in one class in Grade 4
Water and sanitation
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In 2018, water was available at the school from a nearby handpump. There were no specific facilities for the older girls handling menstrual hygiene;[1] this is a major reason for adolescent girls dropping out from school.[2][3] Up to 2018, there was no toilet building, students went in the open.[1]
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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.[1]
See also
- Education in Ethiopia
- List of schools by country
- List of universities and colleges in Ethiopia
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.