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Arusha MP, Felix Mrema |
Call to
support privately owned schools
By
Matilda Kirenga
Kilimani Primary school located in Sekei is in dire need of classrooms for its
increasing student population.
But
out of Shs. 23 million budgeted for the expansion of the English Medium School,
only Shs. 3.6 million was realized during a fund raising initiative organised at
the Golden Rose Hotel on December 4.
The
function was presided by the Member of Parliament for Arusha, Mr. Felix Mrema
who urged institutions and members of the public to support schools regardless
of who owns it.
AFor
me there is no difference whether a school is privately or Government owned. I
am ready to help, whenever I am invited to do so@,
he said.
Mr.
Mrema said that what he values is the quality of education which is offered by
the school.
However, he criticized congestion in classrooms in most schools in the
Municipality where one can find more than 120 pupils in a classroom meant for
only 45 pupils.
Earlier, the School Headteacher, Mr. Elibariki Nnko pointed out that his
school, which started in 1998 as a kindergaten, is now a fully fledged primary
school with about 430 pupils.
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