Afedena school
| Afedena School | |
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| Location | |
  Afedena School | |
Afedena Addi Azmera municipality , Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates | 13°39′15″N 39°17′43″E / 13.6543°N 39.2953°ECoordinates: 13°39′15″N 39°17′43″E / 13.6543°N 39.2953°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Information | |
| Type | Public School |
| School district | Dogu’a Tembien |
| Staff | 3 teachers |
| Grades | 1–3 |
| Gender | Co-Educational |
| Number of students | 111 |
| Language | Tigrinya |
| Data pertaining to | 2019[1] |
Afedena School is a public school for grades 1 through 3 in Afedena, Addi Azmera, Dogu’a Tembien, Tigray, Ethiopia.[1]
Description
In 2019, the Afedena School comprised three open-air classes; there were 111 students, 50 girls and 61 boys.[1] There were:
- 33 students in one class in Grade 1
- 34 students in one class in Grade 2
- 44 students in one class in Grade 3
Challenges
School buildings
Schooling is conducted in the shade of trees (“ab igri ‘om”; literally ‘at the foot of the tree’).[2] The blackboard is kept in a nearby homestead and mounted every morning. The children sit on stones while following lessons. Such a lack of classrooms is directly related to the large intake in primary schools in Ethiopia over the last decades.[3] In 2019, the EthioTrees project started building classrooms as compensation for the good protection of the village's exclosure, and carbon sequestration. The sequestered carbon[4] is certified using the Plan Vivo voluntary carbon standard,[5] after which carbon credits are sold. The revenues are reinvested in the village; in Afedena the community prioritised the building of classrooms for Afedena school.[6]
Water and sanitation
In 2019, the students used water from the village hand-dug well with handpump. There is no toilet building.[1]
Transportation
All children travel to school on foot. The smaller children may come late or miss school because of fear for hyenas on the way in the early morning.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.
- ↑ 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 Archived 2018-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ De Deyn, Jonathan (2019). Benefits of reforestation on Carbon storage and water infiltration in the context of climate mitigation in North Ethiopia. Master thesis, Ghent University. Search this book on
- ↑ "EthioTrees on Plan Vivo website". Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ↑ 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. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6. Search this book on
- ↑ 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.
External links
- All School Ethiopia
- Ethiopia School Directory
- School in Ethiopia list[permanent dead link]
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