Mashih school
Mashih School is a public school for grades 1 through 8 in Mashih, Seret, Dogu’a Tembien, Tigray, Ethiopia. There is also a preparatory class.[1]
| Mashih school ማይሽሕ ቤት ትምህርቲ | |
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| Location | |
  Mashih school | |
Mashih Seret municipality , | |
| Coordinates | 13.6004°N 39.1559°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Public School |
| School district | Dogu’a Tembien |
| Staff | 20 teachers |
| Grades | 0–8th |
| Gender | Co-Educational |
| Number of students | 658 |
| Language | Tigrinya, English |
| Data pertaining to | 2018[1] |
Description
The Mashih School has 10 roofed class rooms. As of 2018, the school had 658 students, 345 girls and 313 boys.[1] There were:
- 50 students in one class in Grade 0
- 85 students in two classes in Grade 1
- 88 students in two classes in Grade 2
- 95 students in two classes in Grade 3
- 92 students in two classes in Grade 4
- 67 students in two classes in Grade 5
- 68 students in two classes in Grade 6
- 67 students in two classes in Grade 7
- 60 students in one class in Grade 8
Over the last 20 years, important efforts have been done to increase schooling in Tigray, particularly of girls.[2] The large intake in primary schools in Ethiopia over the last decades has led to lack of classrooms.[3] Hence, classes take place through shifts (morning and afternoon).
Water and sanitation
In 2018, water was available at the school with intermittence. There was a hand-dug well with handpump. There were no specific facilities for girls handling menstrual hygiene;[1] this is a major reason for adolescent girls dropping out from school.[4][5][6] Up to 2018, there two toilets, pit latrines without slab.[1]
In 2018, the School WatSani project has built an Ecosan toilet building at this school.[7][8] Through nudging approach, the students are sensitised for using the sanitation and water facilities. [7] The project also constructed an irrigation canal leading to the school garden.
Transportation
All children travel to school on foot. Many students will walk more than an hour, twice a day, to come to school.[1]
Health club
There is a health club for teachers. The coordinator of the health club will take trainings at the health post. Sometimes the health worker also comes to the school to give several lessons. Once a year all the clubs of teachers from different schools get training about first aid. Sometimes there are trainings for teachers and students together.[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.
- Mjaaland, T., 2013. At the frontiers of change? Women and girls’ pursuit of education in north-western Tigray, Ethiopia. The University of Bergen. http://bora.uib.no/handle/1956/6361
- Hartjen, C.A. and Priyadarsini, S., 2012. Denial of Education. In The Global Victimization of Children (pp. 271-321). Springer, Boston, MA. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-2179-5_8 .
- 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.
- Wilberg, J., 2004. Female education in Tigray, Ethiopia. UMB, Norway. p. 104 http://www.umb.no/statisk/noragric/publications/master/2004_jeanett_wilberg.pdf
- 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.