Mitslal Afras school

Mitslal Afras School is a public school for grades 0 through 8 in Mitslal Afras, Emni Ankelalu, Dogu’a Tembien, Tigray, Ethiopia.[2]

Mitslal Afras school
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Location
Mitslal Afras school
Mitslal Afras

Emni Ankelalu municipality
,
Tigray

Ethiopia
Coordinates13.6608°N 39.3567°E / 13.6608; 39.3567
Information
TypePublic School
School districtDogu’a Tembien
Staff17 teachers
Grades0–8th
GenderCo-Educational
Number of students499
LanguageTigrinya, English
Data pertaining to2019[1]

Description

The Mitslal Afras School has seven class rooms. As of 2019, the school had 499 students, 233 girls and 266 boys.[1] There were:

  • 32 students in one class in Grade 0
  • 108 students in three classes in Grade 1
  • 57 students in three classes in Grade 2
  • 32 students in three classes in Grade 3
  • 23 students in one class in Grade Alpha (starting students who are already adolescents or adults)
  • 53 students in two classes in Grade 4
  • 66 students in one class in Grade 5
  • 45 students in one class in Grade 6
  • 37 students in one class in Grade 7
  • 52 students in one class in Grade 8

Water and sanitation

In 2019, water was not available at the school. There was a deep hand-dug well with handpump nearby the school.

Mitslal Afras school roofwater collection

The school had a roof water harvesting system but it was damaged. There were no specific facilities for girls handling menstrual hygiene;[2] this is a major reason for adolescent girls dropping out from school.[3][4] Up to 2018, there was toilet building; it was damaged (weak construction), and the latrine pit was full, hence it went out of use.[2]

In 2019, the School WatSani project has built an Ecosan toilet building at this school and repaired the roof water collection system.[5][6] Through nudging approach, the students are sensitised for using the sanitation and water facilities.[5]

Transportation

All children travel to school on foot. Many students will walk more than an hour, twice a day, to come to school.[2]

Satellite classes

The school has 2 satellite classes far from the school. The first has only grade one with 35 students and the second has 2 grades with in total 65 students.[1]

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See also

References
  1. Jeroen Berloo, 2019. Update to baseline study about water and sanitation in eight selected schools by the project ‘School – Watsani’ in the Woreda Dogu’a Tembien. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. What do we hear from the farmers in Dogu'a Tembien? [in Tigrinya]. Hagere Selam, Ethiopia. 2016. p. 100.
  5. Griet Verrewaere, 2019. Report of latrine use and behaviour amongst students - The nudging approach at School-Watsani. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.
  6. 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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