We had bad news for Mr Diatta - unfortunately, the funding request for the pharmacy armoire has been rejected by my friend's company. They were looking for a more innovative project than a simple "école de quartier".
The school itself has not been flooded, but there is water on every dirt road in the area. In front of the library, there is a puddle that keeps coming back. The water seeps up through the cement floor, that's how high the ground water is over there.
In the school's main building are 6 classrooms, in the annex are 5. Mr Diatta had planned to use a separate room down the road for a 12th classroom. But this room is totally flooded. Now he is thinking he might use one of the two library rooms as a classroom. Seems a bit difficult to me, but the kids have to go somewhere!
The results of the 6th graders have come in. 77 pupils took their "certificat" (a test that marks the end of elementary school). 73 succeeded.
Also, 69 out of the 77 pupils can go on to collège (middle school). Ecole Ousmane Sembène's goal is to train students efficiently, so that they can succeed in public collège and don't have to go on to private collège (where parents have to pay). While we were in Mr Diatta's office, a lady came to ask for advice. Her son passed the certificat but not the access to collège... he will have to do the year again and try again next year, if the parents don't want to put him through private collège.
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