Ruaha Secondary School Growth

2006 Annual Report

In 2006 significant development was achieved in the areas of increase in student enrollment, addition of new programs, construction of buildings and professional development of staff.

Application forms were received from 817 students for education at Ruaha this year. Ruaha has accepted 292 new students for the 2006-2007 school year for a total of 663 students, 389 girls and 274 boys. Of these, 527 are boarders, 344 girls and 183 boys, and 136 are day students.

There are 38 teaching staff for the school, 4 volunteer assistants and 37 non-teaching staff working in administration, buildings and equipment, farms and grounds, shop and catering. Included among these starff are 13 volunteers from other countries.

The staff recently received in-service training, orientation, workshops on classroom management, Junior Youth Animator training, Adult Education Training, and received external training and special seminars in Entrepreneurship, Physics, Computer Training, Plumbing, Guidance and Counselling, Mathematics, and Geography.

Academic examination results for Form IV were 39 students sat the Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education. Our school ranked 112 out of 192 schools. 127 students sat the National Certificate of Secondary Education Examination. National Form !! Secondary Examinations were conducted with 132 students. The school ranked 19 out of 299 schools. In English it ranked 11 out of 299 schools.

In Health Education, two volunteers served to form a student Health Club and worked with nurses to improve dispensary services. In sports, teams participated in matches with other schools. Sports offered were football, basketball, netball, volleyball and table tennis. The Virtues Project offered the Virtue of the Week program including talks at morning assemblies and presentation of virtue awards every second week. New Moral Education curricula are under development. The Junior Youth Language and Moral Development Program has begun, using curriculum from South Africa.

The first Form IV Graduation ceremony took place with 39 students in the graduating class.

New Boys Dorm

The Boys Hostel is full of boys and fully used. The few remaining external sections await cement, but the rest is completed. Materials will be purchased to complete the electrical hookup but a temporary solution is providing the boys with lights at night. 60 metal frame bunk beds and 12 ten compartment cupboards are already made. The boys are very appreciative of this new hostel which provides much more comfortable and convenient quarters than they had in the rented houses in the village across the road. Sports grounds and evening study on campus are more accessible, and their security is much improved. here are some recent construction photos of the dorm, the hallway, the rooms, and the showers.

New Kitchen and Foodstore

The construction is just awaiting cement and then construction will begin. Here is a look at the first stage of the kitchen, the slab for the back wall, and the architect's floor plan.

New Science Labs

The architect has sent us preliminary sketches for Physics and Biology/Chemistry Laboratories, and these have been reviewed by the science teachers. The comments were sent to the architect so final drawings can be developed.

Borehole Well

A contract has now been signed for drilling the well and that work is estimated to be done by July. The drilling should take a month and then it will need to be tested to determine the type of pump needed along with installation of tanks and pipes for distribution.

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