Hope For A Good School of Their Own
by Paul Chuk
Here in Chrauk Tiek everyone strives to improve and grow toward strengthening our program so we can be a role model to other schools in the district. On May 27/28, 2010 and we hosted a meeting at our school with 12 representatives from other schools in the district participating, to exchange ideas and foster improvement. The main focus of the meeting is to discuss and find better teaching techniques.
All the teachers who came to the meeting admired and enjoyed our school. They wish their schools would be as nice and well functioning as ours.
They saw many different things that they wish to have at their schools: The principal and teachers working closely together, a teacher residence, the entire school yard free of garbage, modern bathroom, kitchen, stockroom, breakfast for the children, water tank, play ground, incinerator, three huts, many shade trees, vegetable garden, flowers, every student has his or her own book for each subject, well decorated classrooms, and more. Since everybody enjoyed being at our school so much, after the meeting, they suggested that the meeting should be held here every month. Instead the District Chief of Education has asked two of our teachers to visit other schools once a month to share their experiences and techniques with other teachers.
Without SSI support, Chrauk Tiek Elementary School could never become the model school in Oral district.
On June 9th, 2010 I had a discussion with 10 teachers and both principals of the primary and secondary schools in Bonteay Pranak. During this meeting I listened to them closely. They wish to have the teacher residence, increase the teacher salary, books for the teachers and every student, school supplies, the list goes on..
The community and the teachers at Bonteay Pranak realize that the fence needs to be done first. I am now working with both, primary and secondary at Bonteay Pranak to encourage the community, the teachers and the students to get involved. The primary planned to work on the fence on Saturday June 12th, 2010. The secondary will do their part on Sunday, June 13th 2010. I expect to have a good turn out. On top of that, our 6th graders from Charuk Tiek will join the secondary on Sunday.
Everyone is motivated and excited to have SSI behind them. They are now having new hope. The hope that they have been waiting for: a good school of their own.
