Many teachers teach through commitment and experience. But behind these committed and experienced teachers, there are reference materials which require the commitment from students themselves to participate and become engrossed into learning. Zumani primary school is 53 kilometres west of Kasungu town and it is just within the edge of Kasungu National Park.  The school has an attendance of 636 students of which 302 are girls. Previously, the school had no grade 8 classes where students could sit for secondary school entrance examination and the reason...
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Imagine, you are a teacher in rural Kasungu and you are among just 6 teachers teaching at a school like Mtoso which has a total of 1056 students. Honestly, the teacher to student ratio at Mtoso primary school is compromised. The government, according to the Kasungu district education office, recommends the 1: 60 as a good teacher to student ratio. Mtoso is a full primary school with grades 1 to 8 but one may wonder how do 6 teachers manage such a large number of students?...
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Join My Village gave them reference materials in primary school and now it’s their time for a new beginning in their life and a new generation of scholarship girls.     When JMV supplied the reference materials to 15 rural primary schools in the district of Kasungu in central Malawi, little did the school girls know that one day they will benefit from a Join My Village scholarship as well. The 300 reference materials that Join My Village has provided to date have benefited more than...
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Here at Join My Village we believe education is key to a better future. Not only do our scholarships increase education opportunities for girls but other activities also aim to improve the quality of education. One of these ways is providing reference materials to primary schools. Join My Village has so far distributed 3 Oxford dictionaries, 6 English grammar books, 4 Common Mistakes in English text books, 2 board rulers, 2 world maps, 1 atlas, 1 Chichewa/Chinyanja/ English dictionary and 2 student companions since its...
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