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Thirteen schools, and what two of them actually look like

The programme targets 65% rural and 35% urban schools across Zambia and Malawi. Two sites in Itezhi-Tezhi District have been surveyed in full — the numbers below are theirs.

Surveyed sites

Napakwe and Nanungwe Primary Schools

Both began as community schools and were taken onto the government roll within two years. Both are still teaching out of a single mud-and-pole block.

Napakwe Primary School

Shambala Zone, Shambala Ward, Chief Shezongo’s chiefdom, Itezhi-Tezhi District · 121 km from the District Education Board Secretary’s office

Established in 2019 as a community school, converted to a government school in 2020.

Enrolment
274 pupils 140 male, 134 female
Ages
4 to 11 years Pre-school (ECE) to Grade 4
Teachers
Two government teachers — one male, one female Three community teachers — two male, one female
Buildings
One 1×2 classroom block, built of mud and pole.
A thatched mud-and-pole classroom block standing on bare sand at Napakwe Primary School
The 1×2 classroom block — mud and pole, thatched roof.
Young pupils sitting on the bare floor of a classroom, working from exercise books
Inside the block. There is no furniture; pupils work on the floor.

Nanungwe Primary School

Lubanda Zone, Ludanda Ward, Chief Chikaza Munyama Wala, Itezhi-Tezhi District · 88 km from the District Education Board Secretary’s office

Established in 2018 as a community school, converted to a government school in 2021.

Enrolment
377 pupils 175 male, 202 female
Ages
4 to 11 years Grade 1 to Grade 7
Teachers
One male government teacher Three community teachers — one male, two female
Buildings
One 1×3 classroom block, built of mud and pole.
A long line of pupils in blue uniforms seated on the sand along the wall of a thatched classroom block
A class seated outside, along the wall of the classroom block.
Pupils in blue uniforms sitting in the shade under the low thatched eaves of the school building
Lessons run in the shade of the eaves when the block is full.
Thatched school buildings at Nanungwe Primary School with children playing in the open yard
The school buildings and yard.
Children walking across the open sand yard between thatched buildings at Nanungwe Primary School
Break time in the yard.
All partner schools

13 schools across two countries

The eleven schools without a survey below are named in the programme plan; their site assessments are scheduled as the programme opens.

Zambia 6 schools

Malawi 7 schools

  • Mulanje Secondary School
  • Mulanje Mission Secondary School
  • Providence Girls Secondary School
  • Chisitu Community Day Secondary School
  • Mulanje Boma Community Secondary School
  • Misanjo Community Day Secondary School
  • Nansomba Secondary School
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