Beginning of September is high time to speak about various schools.
This time it will be Village School in Sigiriya village, Sri Lanka.
Free state education dominates on the island. There are 10 000 schools
where 3.8 million pupils are taught, the number of teachers exceeds 200
thousand.
In the system of school education of Sri Lanka there are three levels
according to the age criterion: elementary school (4-5yo), medium
school, senior school and so-called collegium (up to 18yo). Classes are
called grades. From 1st to 9th grades (14yo) - are obligatory in the
country.
They say that on the average 4-5 people enter institutes and universities after school.
So welcome to Sigiria Central College!
So welcome to Sigiria Central College!
The school is comparatively big and rather modern. It serves the
district for 7km around and teducates children from remote villages
where only elimentary education is available.
Lessons begin at 8.00 am and last till 2.00-3.00 pm, beginning from the
senior school additional classes are available after lessons. Each
group has 35-40 pupils, in the elementary school up to the 3rd grade
there is only one teacher. One lesson lasts 45 min. One break for lunch
lasts 20 min. Pupils eat food that they bring from home - there's no
canteen here.
It is quite prestigious to be a teacher in Sri Lanka. Teachers' salary
is higher than the verage in the country. A teacher who has just come to
work to school is about 150-180 dollars, those teachers whose length of
teaching experience is 25 years, earn 350-450 dollars. The avarage
salary in the country - 80-150 dollars.
Besides, teachers often practice extra teaching at night schools,
universities, preliminary courses. Some teachers work at home too.
Favourite subjects: maths, English, aesthetics (art subjects such as music, drawing, dancing etc).
Elementary school
All teachers have to wear a sari, it's a national official clothing for
women. At that not more than 20% of all women on the island wear saris.
Kids' drawings
Writing homework
All bags are put on special shelves in the rear part of the classroom.
School building looks like this.
There is a small statue of Buddha in each classroom.
A chapel on the territory.
Class register
Photos of pupils on the wall, if someone is absent his/her photo is
turned to the wall. Pupils who come to school in the morning have to
hang their photos here.
Timetable
Island map
In the library
Dreams about snow...
Cricket at a physical training lesson
Open air lesson
One of the senior groups
Classrooms are divided by a screen only, so it's very noisy.
Head of the curriculum department
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