Reteti Primary School in Kenya selected to receive grant from Japan's funding

Reteti Primary School is a public primary school established in 2009 starting as an Early Childhood Development Educational Centre (ECDE).

The Government of Japan has been providing funds to local non-profit organizations through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) since 1989. This year, Reteti Primary School is one of the few that were selected to receive the grant.

Reteti Primary School is a public primary school established in 2009 starting as an Early Childhood Development Educational Centre (ECDE). Before the project started the school ran from Class 1 to 4 and had 230 pupils. The pupils shared two semi-permanent and two permanent classrooms with ECDE children. The school had only 12 desks, with pupils sitting on rocks or on the floor. Their sanitation facilities were inadequate, in a poor state, lacking in privacy and did not meet the Ministry of Education recommended ratio for usage for each gender. The school had no administration block hence there was no privacy as meetings between parents and teachers, pupils and teachers are held outside.

With the completion of the project, the pupil enrollment has now increased to 380 pupils for Class 1 to 5, over 65% increase in enrolment. The school now has four new classrooms, an administration block, new and adequate sanitation facilities for boys and girls, classroom and office furniture and a fence around the school.

(With Inputs from APO)