Education & Learning

The commune of Bushat has 10 kindergartens, 13 primary schools, 8 elementary (nine year) schools and two secondary schools employing a staff of 185 teachers and a total of 5000 students. The area is noted for its education loving traditions. Throughout the years, a number of local intelligentsia has contributed to the various walks of life. The recent years have seen increasing levels of attention dedicated to environment. The schools have been intensively involved in environmental education and awareness building. A number of environmental NGO-s work with school children to remove waste from public places, whitewash tree trunks, sow young trees in the school yards, etc. Such activities are made possible thanks to awareness created by lessons taught as part of the program of the “Green Package” and “Basics of Technology” taught at the elementary level. As regards environmental education per se the introduction of the “Green Package” in the curricular programs (at the elementary level) is a step forward towards increasing environmental knowledge. This kind of education should be taught throughout the grades of the elementary schooling. In addition, environmental education should be made part of the teaching program at the secondary level as a cross curricular or optional subject.

The last years the Commune Bushat reconstruct some of the schools. But at this moment there are not any sportfacility at all, and most of our schools has not good toillets and drinkingwater available for the pupils.

We are looking forward for any help from foreign NGO's to reconstruct more schools and to create sportfacility's in good collaboration with our commune Bushat. The photo's in the slideshow left, shows how happy we are when we reconstructed a school. For our commune Bushat it is always a reason to celebrate together for the work we have done for our children.