Arusha Meru offers free A-Level studies to top notch students
By Staff Reporter
The management for the Arusha Meru Secondary School, is intending to exempt from
tuition fees all the AMSS students who obtain First Division in the O-Level
National Examinations, as long as the said students will opt to continue with
their Advanced level streams at the same campus.
This was revealed last weekend by the school manager, Brij Behal during the
occasion in which, the four decade old Arusha Meru Secondary was conducting its
41st graduation ceremony for its 100 ordinary level students, who have just
completed their four academic years of secondary level education at the school.
Among the graduands were 59 girls and 41 boys.
Since the school was established in 1964, the number of students who have been
enrolled for its Ordinary Level classes has reached 10,000. Arusha Meru
introduced Form Five and Six classes in 1996 and so far a total of 1000 Advanced
level students have joined in this higher education stream.
Remarkable performances in terms of drama, traditional dancing, fashion shows,
rap music and other events colored the entire affair, in which the graduating
students were also presented with school leaving certificates.
Colman Ngalo, an advocate with the High Court of Tanzania was the guest of honor
at the event. A rather coincidental move, because Advocate Ngalo was once a
teacher at the school. "It was a part time in 1966-67 when was a second year
student at the University of East Africa -UEA (Now University of Dar-es-salaam)."
Advocate Ngalo who happened to have been on short leave at that time, was
approached by the school management to assist them in teaching Geography and
English at Arusha Meru secondary and since then, he was not to step at the
institution until last week when this other management asked him to be guest of
honor at the 41st graduation.
Meanwhile the first phase for the proposed Arusha Meru English-Medium Primary
school is set to be soon completed, ready for the maiden enrollment in January
next year. According to Behal, the Tsh.400 million complex will consist of 14
classrooms, a library, a computer lab, one staff room block, a headmaster
office, a pantry and toilets.
The Primary School which like its Secondary sibling, will operate under the
Arusha Education and Cultural Society (AECS) will also include, Nursery and
Kindergarten school facilities. "We want the children to get high quality
education right from Nursery level to High school under the same roof," said
Behal, who is also the chairman of AECS.
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