Dilapidated classrooms hinder Rusizi pupils’ learning

{Pupils in the primary schools of Giheke sector Rusizi district say that using old classrooms negatively affect their education as they don’t concentrate properly.}

These students request to get better classrooms to facilitate their education.

“We study in old classrooms made of boards and windows that can’t get closed. When it rains we hide our notebooks waiting the rain to stop so we can continue studying,” said Uwingabire Josephine .

The pupils say that they are affected by fleas since rooms are not cemented and so appeal to leaders to build modern classrooms.

Teachers also attest that old classrooms affect students’ performance since they study in bad conditions.

“We have bad classrooms. Sometimes children call them Nyakatsi. It would be better if these schools are reconstructed,” said Mukangwije Fausta .

The executive secretary of Giheke sector, Théogene Nsabimana, confirmed that students still have old fashioned classrooms but said that through collaboration with parents, all will be rebuilt. Giheke sector has 19 old classrooms built with timber.