Improved Reading at Kula Primary School

As the Create Change team monitors all projects it administers, we are happy to report that teaching and learning materials we provided last year has made a great change at Kula Primary School.

This was done through our ‘Rural Education Material Project’ which aims to improve quality of education through the provision of reading and writing materials, art supplies and sports equipment. Kula Primary received exercise books, library books, pencils, pens, and textbooks; all the necessary accoutrements that support learning within a written based system. Not more than a year later, we’re thrilled to see the effects of these procurements demonstrated in the students’ increased ability to read!

As Rural Schools Officer, Benedicta holds examinations for students to evaluate their reading skills; she reported great success here. In years past there were on average only a couple of students who qualify to graduate to Junior High, but this year there are 8, with everyone in the 6th grade now being able to read. A tremendous success in the lives of these little ones, which will no doubt positively impact the foundation of their lives to come.

This kind of observable improvement is exactly what we project with the distribution of learning materials to schools in rural villages. Going to a village school can put students at a disadvantage since they often lack these basic resources. With a shakier foundation of literacy, it’s more difficult for these students to qualify for junior high because they can’t read well enough to pass the tests.

The teachers at Kula are confident that the increase in the students’ reading ability is attributed to the new books. Sadly the school doesn’t have enough furniture for all of the students to sit at a desk as you can see in these pictures; another project waiting in the wings for the future.

We extend our congratulations to these exemplary students and teachers, who are doing the very best with what they have.