Makeni Centre School has achieved tremendous growth and progress during the last three years. This has come about through the interest and support of the Friends of Makeni (Netherlands), whose financial support enabled the building of three new classrooms to support Grade 11 and Grade 12 teaching, a staff room and Head Teacher’s office. Further gifts of classroom furniture, laboratory equipment and textbooks for all grades were also received. In 2011 our first Grade 12 pupils sit their secondary school leaving examinations. We have become the only school in the area to offer up to this level of children’s schooling. We have approximately 300 students every year, and historically have achieved pass rates of between 78 and 96%.
The children also benefit from a well-stocked library and enjoy sports, including competitions with local rivals Bayuni.
The new classrooms were officially opened by the Netherlands ambassador to Zambia, Mr Harry Molennar in November 2009.
The primary school has also enjoyed a partnership with a school in Holland, allowing students to correspond with each other and learn about each other’s cultures. Two Dutch pupils and a teacher paid MEC a visit in 2010. As part of a delegation to Holland, the school sent 4 pupils and a teacher to visit their Dutch partner school. We would like to express our sincere thanks to all our friends in Holland, including Scholengroup Zuid-west and Hanze University, the Kloosterkerk and many other organisations that hosted our pupils.
The school runs a single stream from 8:00 to 16:00. Our fees are amongst the lowest in our area, to enable the less privileged and vulnerable in society access to quality education.
For more information, please ring the main office on 272853.
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