Visit to Keye Ameba School

Friday March 14th

A setting to die for – nestled in a small valley surrounded by hills covered in Eucalyptus trees. But the school itself was a series of mud huts. Tiny classrooms dark and dingy with nothing on the walls save a blackboard. The staff room was a small shelter made from sticks with a tin roof. The Director thought the whole exercise a waste of time and left. Over 100 teachers sat in a tiny room to listen to Meleshew and Mulgeta give their training on active learning, continuous assessment and action research. The college instructors ran subject workshops with the high school teachers and I ran a maths workshop for the maths teachers. We looked at what the problems were and what they would like training in. Top of the list – how to teach geometry without any basic equipment!

Sadly, I forgot the camera today. I took a couple of pics on the phone camera – we’ll see if they come out.