Linda Community School, Zambia

Linda Community School is stepping into the 21st century with the introduction of a fully equipped computer lab, two fully equipped science labs, a Camara-supplied server with educational content and laptops which can connect to the server through a closed campus-wide internet service projecting the content through projectors in the classroom. This technology, which is in use daily in developed-world schools, is new to the teachers in Zambia and they require training and encouragement to become familiar with its capabilities, move away from chalk-and-talk lectures and provide a blended learning experience for the students.  Given the lack of resources in the educational system in Zambia, the teachers qualify with poor teaching skills, leading to apathy in adapting new methods. Propel Education will continue to provide resources, training and encouragement to the teachers at the school in order to accelerate their teaching abilities. However it will take several years for teaching methods to improve  – and the children in the system today can’t wait.

Therefore the introduction of supplementary maths classes using a supported eLearning platform provided by Edulution is having an immediate impact and showing improved results in Grade 7 and Grade 9 exams .  Seeing the impact it is having (which is explained in more detail on the website www.propeleducatio.org ) we are focusing on funding the Edulution programme to keep the 600 students on it and also extend it to literacy classes.   This is where we need help with fundraising as it cost $100 per student per year.  We hope you can help the children of Linda with a donation and keep the programme running in 2022.